I3250 scanner A3 + Integrated A4 Flatbed 90ppm

 
The interface works best with USB 3.0. The speed of this machine isastounding, and a 50-page document went through in just 29 secondsat 200 dpi.

With OCR on, it was converted into a fully searchable PDF within afurther 10 seconds. Without OCR, the extra time required slipped tojust 6 seconds.

That amounts to a stunning 85.7 pages per minute. And around 4seconds of that time arose from the i3250 dropping everything intoplace, so larger bundles would complete at an even greaterrate.

Higher output rates are available, and 300 and 600 dpi scans werecompleted within 41 and 102 seconds respectively. The model handlesA3 just as comfortably as A4, requiring only a second for eachsheet of the larger paper size.

As with the i2900, the i3250 has another scanning option up itssleeve, in the A4 flatbed component. This can obviously only scansingle sheets at a time, but it means that you don't have toentrust your precious documents to a potentially harmful sheetfed. Since the pages on a flatbed aren't sucked into the machine, there no risk of damage.

This feature also benefits from a brilliant book-edge feature, which sees the scanning glass run right up to the edge of theKodak. If you want to scan a book, you no longer have to cram theentire volume underneath the scanning lid. Instead, you can lethalf of the book hang down at a 90 degree angle. The other halfwill be tightly gripped and held flat within the flatbed component. So you won't see the spine, and every letter of every sentence willbe properly rendered. As a way of successfully scanning bookswithout damaging them or putting up with substandard results, thisis quite brilliant.

It also works better than the bookedge feature on lesser models, asthe flatbed component is situated towards the middle of themachine. That ensures you have plenty of weight bearing down, soyou don't have to hold down the lid in order to stop the books frompopping back up.

Quality is, as you would expect from a scanner in this price range, supreme. Text is boldly defined, even at lower resolutions, whilethe palette is rendered with immaculate attention to detail. It canjump from text to pictures to intricate charts and codes withoutdropping a notch.

We have yet to review a more accurate device, and the Kodak i3250combines pace and accuracy in one stunning package.

The software drivers are easy to use, and the OCR worked very well. Having said that, Kodak fully expects that, if you're spending thismuch on a scanner, you'll almost certainly be using professionalthird-party software to create the very best results. So while youcan scan in high-quality mode out of the box, you shouldn't expectthe raft of software titles that you might get with a model lackinga four-digit price tag.

The drivers are relatively powerful, though, allowing you tomanipulate most aspects of the image, automatically flipping imagesor tweaking the colour.

Specificaties

Product
Product id 456406
Merk Kodak
Partnr 1420975
EAN/UPC code 041771420970