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Planon Systems Handheld Portable Scanner RC-800 | List Price: $299.99
Discount Price: $239.99
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Brand: Planon
Binding: Electronics
Features: - The DocuPen RC800 uses rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that allows it to remain perpetually charged without utilizing a separate charging unit. Once a user plugs the DocuPen RC800 into a computer's USB port to download the scanned information, the scanner's batteries are automatically recharged
- Dual-roller guiding system to enhance the user experience by creating a smoother scanning operation and a more accurate scan. The dual-roller guiding system includes strategically placed rollers around the scanner lens to distribute operator's pressure evenly for smooth and easy scans
- Micro-SD memory card slot
- ScanSoft PaperPort SE-PC Software Included
- Stylish zippered sheep skin Leather Case Included
I LOVE THIS THING! [Posted on 2008-01-11]
My job requires me to be a "road warrior," traveling all over the region doing what I do. This wonderful gadget allows me to scan paperwork in full color on the go while taking up minimal space in my "go bag." Learning how to swipe the scan straight took me a few tries but once I got it down, an innocent bystander wouldn't know I didn't run the scan through a flatbed scanner. Best of all, despite what it says, this unit IS MAC COMPATIBLE and has expandable memory through a micro SD card. If you need a scanner on the fly, run - do not pass go - and purchase this unit. You won't be disappointed.
Rip Off Beware [Posted on 2008-03-16]
This is by far the worst product I have ever purchased. The positive reviews HAVE to be planted by the company. There is absolutely no way someone can have a positive experience with this crappy device.
Works great, after an ordeal! [Posted on 2008-05-18]
When I first got my RC800, I was underwhelmed by the build quality--it seems cheap and flimsy, with terrible fit and finish. Still, it seems to hold up fine under use, and it hasn't broken yet.
At first, I had a terrible time using this thing--my scans were coming out crooked, the "Too Fast" light blinked all the time, and the scans would finish prematurely, before the entire page had been scanned in. The resulting scans were unusable, and I almost returned the scanner.
Recalibrating the RC800 fixed all of that and turned the scanner into a terrific little tool. It took a while to do the recalibration, which was somewhat confusing because the scanner would finish way before the end of the calibration page, but I finally got it right with 100% accuracy. After that, the scanner works flawlessly, allowing for an uneven scanning speed and scanning full pages completely. I've gotten into the flow of using the device, which while not fast, isn't too slow either. I can easily scan page after page with a single pass each, and the OVERALL speed is actually better than flatbed scanners where I have to open the lid, replace pages, position the page, all before actually making the scan.
The trade-off in portability and compactness makes this a wonderful scanner to have--I'm used to having relatively large flatbeds take up a bunch of shelf space, and this is a joy to store.
As for the software complaints, I didn't have any trouble with the latest drivers (for both Mac and PC, which I both tested). Sure, there are the usual "Not Digitally-Signed" errors under WinXP and the drivers themselves are somewhat clunky to use, but it all works reliably as promised in the documentation. If you require elegance, this isn't the scanner for you. But then again, I've never had an elegant scanner experience with all of the dozens of scanners I've used EXCEPT the giant multifunction copiers that are capable of scanning to email or network drive.
If you aren't particularly techie in nature or are rough on your equipment, this probably isn't the scanner for you. Otherwise, this is perfect for low-volume, space-constrained, or portable scanning.
Company needs to improve this neat idea .... stopped working [Posted on 2008-08-02]
This product was nice for the first 20 or so pages and then it just stop working and there customer service is a joke this product is a good idea but needs major improvement for what were paying it needs alot of improvement. I have warned you all about my experience the decision is yours.
Just awful! [Posted on 2008-08-27]
It's terrible. If I knew how it would be I would not have bought it. Unacceptable even if it were a lot cheaper!
I didn't expect much quality for a scanner this size, but the image quality is so low that documents are unreadable sometimes. Scan speed is slow, and you have to wait for it to store the scan in memory (about 15-20 seconds per full-color page) before scanning another page.
Forget about the internal memory, which can barely hold 2 full-page color scans, you have to have a memory card (used Kingston 2GB micro-sd and it worked ok, despite the warning that only Sandisk memory chips would work). But the card is not formatted in a standard way, so you can't put it in a card reader to transfer images, and have to wait the incredibly slow transfer through the non-standard USB cable (I thought the connector on the device end would be mini-usb, but it's a proprietary connector). I had to wait about 15-20min for 16 color pages before I could even see the image thumbnails.
I bought it for work so that I could scan documents, both for reference and to print them later with my reports, but the scanned documents' quality is so poor I don't feel it's worth printing them, whether scanned in b/w, half-color or full-color. You would be better off just photographing the documents with a digital camera, which is a lot faster...
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