Planon Docupen Color Handheld Scanner

by Planon

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0016LE2X8
• Item model number: DPEN-RC810
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Scan a full 8" wide page in 4-8 secondsResolution 100dpi to 400dpiDual-roller guiding system for smooth easy scansScan mode 12 and 24 bit color grayscale and monochrome8MB flash memory upgradeable with optional microSD memory cards up to 256MBCompatible with Mac and PCIncludes rechargeable lithium-ion battery USB cable and leather case

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars convenient, but poor scan quality, January 12, 2009

By 

Z. Zhou "E&E maven" (CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Planon Docupen Color Handheld Scanner (Electronics)

Pros: good ideal. very convenient to use on the go.
Cons:
1) flimsy body built with plastic parts with some edges don't even meet up.
2) poor scan quality, both in BW mode and in color photo mode. Scanned page looks similar to the photo took with cellphone.
3) slow memory read and write speed. too small on-board memory (8MB only)
4) when there is a blank between paragraphs or pictures, it always mistakes this as a sign of end of document and so it always start to write scanned file to memory slowly and then shut off automaticly in the middle of scanning!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars As much as it costs it is worth its weight in ****, April 15, 2010

By 

Rafael Sanchez "infamousgringo" (Bronx, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Planon Docupen Color Handheld Scanner (Electronics)

I purchased the product based off the reviews from previous customers. However, this is the only Planon Docupen on Amazon that had a good review and I should have followed the other reviews.

Theoretically, this item is good. It is small and compact. I purchased it for the purpose of transferring my books to pdf to read on my kindle.

Practically, it falls by the waist side. I installed and reinstalled the software and of like the 5 programs they give you, only one the Docupen Desk (which is also the cheapest most basic program) works. With the other programs it would have me try to search for the Docupen but couldn't find it even after you go step by step in the installation process and the computer states that the drivers were properly installed.

Functionality: while scanning it only stays on a short period of time so if you haven't finished scanning, your scan if cut short. "Oh but the only reason it is getting cut short is because there is a time frame within to scan." Yes. The only problem that when you are trying to scan within the specified time the red blinker starts going off indicating that you are scanning too fast. The images are not all that great and need to be touched up to make it look decent even on the high resolution. It is most definitely not suitable if this was purchased (like me) in order to scan book pages. If the page is scanned in a portrait form, the first or first couple of words will not be present unless the margin in the center of the book is like 2 inches wide. If it is scanned in landscape, the first couple of letters will be absent. In addition, if you are scanning a page that has an empty space before the next paragraph begins, it assumes the document has ended and will begin processing the scan.

This item had the ability to give many benefits, but wasn't up to par. I received the item today and had been trying to make it work properly all day to no avail. This item will be returned first thing tomorrow.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Practical tool, April 6, 2009

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Marcus Renato D. Silva (Doral, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Planon Docupen Color Handheld Scanner (Electronics)

Bought to my wife. She's a lawyer and loved it.

The counterpoint is that the construction could be more strong. Needs to take care on how to use and store to not get it damaged.