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Planon Systems Handheld Portable Scanner RC-800 | 
 enlarge | Brand: Planon
Category: CE
List Price: $299.99
Buy New: $234.95
You Save: $65.04 (22%)
New (3) from $234.95
Rating:  20 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 10.5 x 2.3
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: RC800
Model: RC800
UPC: 839534008011
EAN: 0839534008011
ASIN: B000EGHSO6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Portable legal-sized paper scanner | | • | Built-in rechargeable battery means no bulky power adapters | | • | Scans in full 24bit color up to 400 dpi for detailed results | | • | MicroSD memory card slot for convenient file transfer | | • | Includes USB cable and elegant leather case |
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Product Description
Planon introduces the DocuPen RC800 color handheld scanner - the latest technology breakthrough from the R&D efforts. Planon has been able to achieve full color 24 bit scanning in a remarkably compact and light form that provides you with the ultimate convenience. The RC800 is capable of storing 100s of pages into memory and it takes just seconds to scan a page. Choose the mode you want to scan: black and white, standard color or high 24bit color and the resolution from 100 to 400 dpi. Now you can scan your letters, color documents, pictures and bring them into Paperport software (included with the Docupen). The DocuPen is different from other pen sized scanners in that it scans a full page width and therefore scans the entire page including text and graphics in as little as 4 seconds. Other handheld and pen scanners only scan single lines of text or records handwriting and some scanners need to be attached to your computer whereas the Docupen overcomes these limitations. The need for convenient out of office scanning is enormous but has not been satisfied because the products to date did not fulfill that need adequately.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 Do not buy this item - It is not well designed. December 3, 2008
Arun (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This pen is very interesting, it has a great concept but it performs rather bad. The other reviewers were right in saying that this product fails in every aspect, its a great technical feat but it does not deliver. Some problems I found was when I was trying to scan a book, this becomes very difficult as you have to hold the book down, while holding the DocuPen hard against the book. Towards the middle the Docupen actually wrinkles the page. Now dont get me wrong, it works great if you were scanning a single page, but it fails for books. Its also rather cheaply made, I think the next generation of these items will be much better. A button to "scan" would have been better as well.
 Fantastic Scanner October 21, 2008
Robert Logue (Philadelphia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I work at the courthouse and their is a line for the copier. I am able to finish twice as much work as before with this pen. If you do not need to copy color pages then definately would get the black and white. It works great on low resolution. I am the envy of the courthouse.
It works until the battery doesn't recharge anymore... October 14, 2008
SGTviola (Pennsylvania, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A very cool gadget, and no complaints about the scanning itself. Great images. Very true scanning, and easy to do.
The unit I received was odd. The first issue was cosmetic quality control. There was surplus cellophane tape on the lens which I had to carefully remove. The cloth "bumpers" on the ends of the lens promptly came off, revealing sloppy glueing of the case. These things should have tipped me off to structural difficulties to come. I'm an optimist, though, and continued to use the scanner past the warranty end date.
I didn't use the unit for a few months after the initial receipt. By then the internal battery would no longer recharge. Since the battery is a specialty unit soldered onto the scanner's circuit board and therefore not user replaceable, I am now stuck, out of warranty and only able to use the unit when it is attached to a power souce via its USB cord. Planon advises they can "fix" it for me, but at a cost of @ $150.00. Ugh.
I have just discovered that a travel USB/AC charger will power the unit so that it will work. At least I don't have to have a computer at hand to scan now, though I will still need a wall receptacle nearby. A small improvement, but overall a disappointment.
I could give this product a shining recommendation if only the internal rechargable battery were easily replaceable by the consumer.
 Just awful! August 27, 2008
C. Garcia (Brazil)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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...
Company needs to improve this neat idea .... stopped working August 2, 2008
J. Mahal
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
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