Media Reviews
A magic wand—and it doesn't work like a traditional pen scanner either.The DocuPen looks less like a pen than a baton—or, better yet, Take it from me, that's a good thing.
It weighs under 60g and is as long as a sheet of A4 paper is wide.
Planon's DocuPen RC800 is a portable pen scanner that's easier to take on the road.Some flatbed scanners are light enough to carry around, but even the smallest are larger than a notebook PC.
"…even the smallest desktop scanners need to remain, well, on your desk. The DocuPen is a portable pen-size scanner that can hold up to 100 pages…"
"Magic Wand"
"The DocuPen scanner frees on-the-go professionals from the tyranny of the office..."
"...the smallest full-page portable scanner available..."
"...wave this wand and it can work magic..."
"...As for the quality of the scans, it's surprisingly good for a deivce so portable..."
It's a pen sized scanner, just take your page, press the button and just glide the pen over the page. And it will actually scan it into memory...connect it to your laptop or computer and it uploads the page, you can actually take the text and put it into Word and text recognition will set it so you can play with the text...it's very light, very light weight..."
"Like a squeegee across your windshield, the DocuPen from Planon System Solutions picks up words and graphics right off the printed page. A one page scan takes about 4 seconds."
"Unlike other models of handheld scanners that capture text word-by-word, DocuPen captures the whole page in seconds."
"DocuPen could be useful for anyone needing a portable scanner - students, lawyers, graphic artists, real estate agents - even light office use."
"Clutter Killer"
"Unlike earlier pen-sized scanners, which scan text line by line, the DocuPen allows
you to scan whiole pages of text or images with one swipe of the scanner."
"...the scan quality is impressive."
"...you need something that's both practical and cool. DocuPen fits the bill on both counts. This portable scanner is not much bigger than a pen, yet it can scan an entire letter-sized page of text or graphics in just four seconds."
"Photocopiers work well for capturing images of conventional materials like book chapters and income tax returns. But if you want that image in digital form, for editing, e-mailing or just filing away on a disk, a scanner works better.
A new hand-held scanner from Planon Systems Solutions, the DocuPen, can scan a page eight inches wide in a single sweep and store it in its memory to be downloaded to a computer at your convenience."
"Tools for the trendiest"
"...Planon System Solutions Inc. has developed a device that's the size of a pen that can scan and saves pages from
documents through an up-to-down sweeping motion."
"The size of a marker pen, it captures and stores up to 100 pages for later download."
"Remarkably tiny; has memory capacity for more than 100 scanned pages of text; extremely portable."
"It will indeed fit in a pocket, though, and it's a marvel of miniaturization."
"After a couple of dozen scans I was a pro, able to scan perfectly pretty much every time."
"While the image quality of the DocuPen is pretty basic, it the highest quality portable scanner I've come across so far. It's also straightforward to use after you've put in a little practic. The DocuPen is ultra-portable, and it gets the job done for people who need quick scans of text, photos and graphics."
"…and it appeals to various groups, such as business executives, lawyers, mortgage brokers, real estate agents,
sales people, construction workers, architects, engineers, accountants, insurance adjusters, government, teachers,
and students."
I can't tell you how many times people were truly impressed (and they couldn't all have been lying all of the time) by my ability to scan something so quickly and easily. The DocuPen R700 or one of its siblings has so many uses that its hard to imagine how a busy professional or student couldn't justify the expense within a few weeks of use.
"A sci-fi inspired pen-size scanner that can capture an entire page of text and graphics in four seconds and can store as many as 100 pages in 2 megabytes of flash memory.
Real-world business app: Like a pocket-size photographic memory, the pen scanner lets road warriors capture everything from business cards to, ahem, classified documents that can't be copied."
"This little device is the fastest and easiest way yet to take copious notes from the road. The pen scanner is so double agent. Though this one is closer to the size of a quill, or to one of those gag pens with some kitschy gewgaw at the end, it can still be easily stashed in a purse or briefcase. Portable scanners are no breaking news, I realize, but what made me look twice at the DocuPen is its ability to scan a full page of text and graphics in four to six seconds -- a Seabiscuit-like pace."
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