Plustek Launches SmartOffice PS286 Compact Document Scanner

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Manila, Philippines -- Plustek Inc. announces the launch of Plustek SmartOffice PS286.Targeted at the front office usage of the SMEs, hospitals, lawfirms, CPA firms, BFSI, education, health care, government,hospitality industry, service centers etc., it is a highlyversatile and affordable duplex color scanner in the sheet-fedrange. Since it is sheet-fed, the SmartOffice PS286 becomesaffordable and versatile scanner option for all the customers whoare involved in high-volume documentation.

There is a huge dearth of storage space for the paper documents inthe government, BFSI and insurance sectors because of the alarminggrowth in the customers' base. Besides, if some body visits thegovernment offices he will definitely see shabby-looking rackseverywhere filled with dogeared, moth-eaten and dust-filled brownfiles. Using SmartOffice PS286, the offices will surely bepaperless as it can very quickly scan the documents of various sizetill A4 size and thickness up to credit cards.

The government of India has issues a directive to all nodal bodiesto turn their paper based documents to digital format through theeGovernance initiative. Now, with SmartOffice PS286, the officialwill have a great relief as it can turn piles of documents withinseconds and archive the same with a press of button.

The BFSI and insurance sectors, which take a lot of paper documentsof their customers, find it very difficult to manage the documentsdespite incurring huge amount. Using SmartOffice PS286, they canfeel respite. They can easily scan the credentials of the customersand save those in various file formats be it PDF, Microsoft Excel,Microsoft Word, TXT, HTML etc. quickly. The documents can also besent through email from the machine complying with their process ofescalation. Only thing the users will have to do is to define theprocesses within the machine.

Among the work group scanners available, today, in the market, theSmartOffice PS286 is absolutely smart, small and compact. Oneshould not go by its size, because it has capability to offerhigh-speed scanning - up to 25 ppm in simplex or duplex mode. Withan optical resolution of 600 dpi, one can get the output of thehighest quality image in Black & White, Grayscale or Color. The50-sheet automatic document tray accepts a variety of documentsfrom business card to legal papers. If that is not enough, it isalso specially designed for plastic cards such as embossedinsurance ID cards and driver licenses. The inbuilt TWAIN andWindows WIA drivers enable the scanner to be compatible withvirtually any imaging software (DMS/OMR solution etc). On top ofevery thing, SmartOffice PS286 Network support to share files overa network.

Dr. Karen Ku the Vice President of Plustek says, "The biggestadvantage of Plustek SmartOffice PS286 is its compact size, whichallows the users to accommodate this product in a limited space ontheir desktops. Secondly, the inbuilt capability of scannercompressing files helps the users to save loads of documents in theLocal Hard Drive of their PCs in a fairly smaller space.""SmartOffice PS286 offers diverse functionalities like letterto A3-size documents scanning, business cards and plastic cardsscanning. It also functions as digital filing solutions fordifferent types of documents scanning need," he adds.

This small foot print, sheet-fed scanner can easily be taken to theevents and expos in order to scan the identification documents ofthe walk-in potential customers and the sales cycle can be cutshort. The SmartOffice PS286 is called a smart scanner as it easilycreates digital documents and manages files created from the notes,receipts, financial records and other documents. So, you need nothave to write the piece of information of the slip or spend time toscan in bigger scanners. You just need to insert the piece of paperon to the scanner and turn it into PDF and save it within secondswith proper indexing so that in future you can retrieve theinformation.

SmartOffice PS286 provides brings OCR functionality anduser-friendly interface to documents scanning. Hi-accurate OCRrecognition for documents and plastic cards scanning makes it easyto tag and store in an intelligent and searchable database. Itreally helps the users edit and reorganize the text. The awardwinning ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint plus, which comes along withthe scanner, supports up to 177 languages and easily creates thescanned documents into Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, TXT, HTMLfiles.

Finally, PS286 comes with pre-set nine customized functions fordifferent scanning needs. For example, one can create searchablePDFs, scan to e-mail, OCR, or file documents by simply pressing abutton. The powerful suite of software applications that includesPlustek DI Capture, which helps you scan, import and organize yourdocument images in an efficient way.

The Presto! PageManager offers color OCR and full-text indexingfunctions. Similarly, the ImageFolio is powerful documentmanagement software for OCR, PDF creation or conversion toMicrosoft Word or Excel etc maintaining color and images. It alsohelps to browse image conveniently by the SlideShow applet.Advanced features such as blank page deletion, color dropout forforms, auto-crop and de-skew enhance image quality really enhancesthe quality of the scanned document and enhances productivity ofthe user.