Plustek's New SmartOffice PS456U Scanner is Exceptionally Fast

Plustek (News - Alert) Technology, a manufacturer of scanners and other imaging products, announced the launch of its Plustek SmartOffice PS456U.

The scanner is noted to be a departmental class 80-page-per-minute duplex-color document scanner with 8,000-page-per-day duty cycle. 

“This scanner is exceptionally fast, has a high daily duty cycle and is much less expensive than competitive scanners,” Mark Druziak, Plustek’s director of marketing and business development, said in a statement.

“Industries that would benefit greatly from the SmartOffice PS456U include: healthcare, financial, insurance, manufacturing, educational and legal offices,” Druziak added.

Key features of the new scanner include: high quality imaging and robust paper handling; scanning to searchable PDF with the touch of a button; scanning speed up to 80ppm/160ipm; scanning of long documents up to 50 inches; scanning of documents, plastic cards, insurance cards, license cards and business cards up to 1.2mm; 100-page ADF capacity; and single touch scanning and LED instant warm-up technology.

Additionally, the scanner also comes with new improved paper feeding and operates quietly with automatic advanced image enhancement, auto wake-up and continuous scan, ultrasonic multi-feed detection and TWAIN, ISIS and WIA drivers.

Customers willing to purchase the new Plustek SmartOffice PS456U can get in touch with the authorized Plustek resellers and Value Added Distributors - NewWave Technologies and Ingram Micro (News - Alert). The product is priced at $849. 

Based on the fact that it offers the fastest speed for an A4 device, performs exceptionally well overall, and is more cost effective than comparable models, Plustek’s SmartOffice PS456U has already won an Outstanding Achievement Award for “Value” from Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI).

The SmartOffice PS456U is expected to hit Value Added Resellers and retailers in September 2013.