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Plustek OpticBook 3800

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User ratings:
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Consumer ratings:
4.4 / 5
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1 editorial reviews
The Plustek OpticBook 3800 lets you easily scan books or other bound material, minimizing distortion and shadow artifacts that are unavoidable with standard flatbed scanners.Read more
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Pros

  • WorkflowPilot has been a great help getting started
  • the software is easy to use and the scanner provides very acceptable image quality

Cons

  • lack of a fixation for the slide holder
  • distortion and shadows this introduces in the scanned image
  • lack of an ADF effectively limits it to short documents

Key specs

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  • 48 bit
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Plustek OpticBook 3800 - Pros & Cons

Plustek OpticBook 3800

Pros

  • WorkflowPilot has been a great help getting started
  • the software is easy to use and the scanner provides very acceptable image quality

Cons

  • lack of a fixation for the slide holder
  • distortion and shadows this introduces in the scanned image
  • lack of an ADF effectively limits it to short documents
  • colors were somewhat muted
  • The scanning area is slightly larger than letter size
  • Lacks an automatic document feeder (ADF)

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Plustek OpticBook 3800 - Full Specifications

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General
Sensor typeCCD
Colour scanningyes
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Dimensions
Width17.83 in
Height4.13 in
Depth11.22 in
Weight7.5 lb
Scanning surface (depth)11.69 in
Scanning surface (width)8.5 in
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Technical details
Scan driversTWAIN
Light sourceCCFL
Film scanningno
RoHS complianceyes
Daily duty cycle (max)2500.0 pages
Black/white scanning colour modes
  • Grayscale
  • Monochrome
Colour depth48.0 bit
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Connectivity
Standard interfacesUSB 2.0
USByes
USB version2.0
Firewireno
SCSIno
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Design
Colour of productBlack
Built-in displayno
Button functions
  • B/W scan
  • Color scan
  • Delete
  • Grayscale scan
Document feederno
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Scan details
Maximum scan size297 x 216 mm
Maximum resolution1200 x 2400 dpi
Optical scanning resolution1200 x 1200 dpi
Flatbed scan speed (b/w, A4)7.0 ppm
ADF scan speed (b/w, A4)8.5 ppm
ADF scan speed (colour, A4)8.5 ppm
Output monochrome depth1.0 bit
Output greyscale depth8.0 bit
Output colour depth24.0 bit
Input colour depth48.0 bit
Scanning media types supportedPlain paper
Scan file formats
  • JPG
  • PDF
  • PNG
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)A4
Maximum ISO A-series paper sizeA4
Letteryes
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Compatibility
Minimum RAM512.0 mB
Platform
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Power
Power supply typeDC
Power consumption (typical)18.0 W
Power consumption (standby)4.3 W
EnergyStaryes
Operating temperature10 - 40

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