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Plustek PS396

Plustek PS396

SmartOffice Series

High speed, reliable, 

cost effective 

departmental class 

document scanner
 

The Plustek SmartOffice PS396 is a 30 page per minute, duplex color document scanner that is not only fast, it’s 
reliable and cost effective.  Robust paper handling, advanced image processing and a high daily duty cycle all 
add up to the perfect departmental scanning solution for document management, content management and 
forms processing applications.

KEY FEATURES

• Scan speed up to 30ppm/60ipm 

• 100 page ADF capacity and a generous daily duty cycle up to 4000 pages

• Improved high quality imaging and robust paper handling.

• LED instant warm-up technology

• New quiet operation

• Scans plastic cards, insurance cards, license cards, business cards up to 1.2mm

• Scans long documents up to 50”

• Single touch scanning to popular formats including Searchable PDF, Word, Excel, JPEG and TIFF 

• Automatic wake up when documents are placed in the feeder

• Advanced image enhancement to automatically straighten and rotate pages, adjust brightness, detect 

color and increase OCR accuracy.

�• TWAIN and WIA drivers

 

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SOFTWARE

ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint

Unlocks the data inside paper-based documents, images and PDF 

files with enhanced accuracy that eliminates the need for retyping 

and reformatting. Tool that increases your productivity and efficiency 

which comes with simple user interface and supports recognition up 

to 183 languages. 

Hotcard BizCard Finder

BizCard Finder, provides Business Card Reading (BCR) Technology and 

Photo /Document database for contact management. BizCard Finder 

quickly and easily converts the vital contact information on business 

cards into a convenient, searchable, digital database that can be easily 

synchronized between PC, NoteBook, and PDA.

Plustek DI Express

Features accurate and efficient Optical Character Recognition (OCR) 

for four Asian languages: Traditional Chinese, Simplify Chinese, 

Japanese and Korean with automatic image processing functions 

such as Color-Dropout, Threshold, Rotating. Import images, or 

image PDF and convert to TXT, RTF, Searchable PDF, XLS formats, 

and editable text.

Plustek DI Capture

Image capture and management software featured with indexed 

archives. Makes it easy manage and organize documents and images 

efficiently. Exports files in PDF, JPEG, TXT and XLS with flexible file 

naming options.

Plustek DocAction

Button utility to simplify document scanning. DocAction enables you to 

specify your personalized scanning configuration settings and scan 

documents with the touch of a button. Scanned documents are 

automatically sent directly to Printer, Email, Folder or FTP. DocAction also 

enables you to scan directly to many imaging and document 

management applications. DocAction saves scanned documents in all 

common imaging formats including: JPEG, TIFF, and PDF.

SEARCHABLE

BUSINESS

CARD

ID

CARD

CLOUD

100

pages

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Hardware Requirements 

Pentium IV 2.0 GHz processor (Pentium IV 3.0 GHz processor recommended)
CD-ROM Driver
One available USB Port (USB 2.0 recommended)
1GB RAM or higher recommended
800 MB free HDD space (1 GB or larger recommended) 

Image Sensor 

CCD Sensor x 2

Optical Resolution 

600 dpi

Hardware Resolution 

600 x 600 dpi

ADF Capacity  

1. 100 sheets (A4/ Letter, 70 g/m2 or 18 Lbs)

 

2. 30 sheets (Business Cards)

 

3. Plastic Card, Max. thickness under 1.2 mm.

 

Note: Maximum ADF capacity varies, depending upon paper weight.

Scanning Speed ( ADF ) 

30 ppm/ 60 ipm (Grayscale mode, 200 dpi, A4 Portrait)

 

30 ppm/ 60 ipm (B&W mode, 200 dpi, A4 Portrait)

 

20 ppm/ 40 ipm (Color, 200 dpi, A4 Portrait)

 

Note : Results may vary depending upon your scanning application, computer processor  

 

and system memory.

Scanning Area (W x L) 

Max. 216 x 1270 mm (8.5” x 50”)

 

Min. 13.2 x 13.2 mm (0.52” x 0.52”)

Acceptable Paper Sizes (W x L) 

Max. 244 x 1300 mm (9.6” x 51”)

 

Min. 50.8 x 50.8 mm (2” x 2”)

Acceptable Paper Weight (Thickness)  40 to 220 g/m2 (10 to 58 Lbs)
Daily Duty Scan ( Sheets ) 

4,000

Roller Lifetime (Scans)  

300,000

Pad Lifetime (Scans)  

50,000

Action Button 

4 Buttons: Up, Down, Scan, Standby

 

9 Function Keys: Scan, PDF, OCR, File, E-Mail, Copy, BCR, FTP, DI Capture.  

 

All Customizable.

Power Supply 

24 Vdc/ 0.75 A

Interface 

USB 2.0

Net Weight 

2.7 Kgs (5.95 Lbs)

Dimensions (W x D x H) 

318.7 x 230.7 x 228.3 mm (12.55" x 9.08" x 8.99")

Protocol 

TWAIN Compliant

OS 

Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7

Specification

 

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As  an  international  ENERGY  STAR 
Partner, Plustek has determined that this 
product meets the international ENERGY 
STAR Program for energy efficiency.

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