Plustek OptiCard 820

Plustek OptiCard 820

Sudeep Naik, Apr 18, 2006 2021 hrs IST

A portable scanner which can scan business cards and color photographs as well.

Compact, Lightweight, Decent software, TWAIN driver, One touch scan, Something new in the market.

Have to edit most of the business cards manually, Picture quality could have been better for the price, No auto feed mechanism for pictures.

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Do you see yourself as someone who travels a lot, attends a lot of meetings and parties and is showered with thousands of business cards every month? If the answer is yes, then most probably, your assistant is spending the better part of the day just arranging those cards in your folio. No wonder big-shot executives have more than one assistant on their payroll.

Taiwan based scanner manufacturer, Plustek may have just changed the picture a bit. They have launched the OptiCard 820, a portable scanner which can scan business cards and color photographs as well. With most business cards as well as photographs being roughly similar in size, it makes sense to combine these two ideas into one and make a scanner that can handle both.

Features
The OptiCard 820 is a pass-through portable scanner and comes with a USB interface. It incorporates the Advanced Color CIS (Contact Image Sensor) technology to scan photos or business cards in just a couple of seconds. Being a singe pass sheet-fed scanner, it is built around a very small frame and weighs only 194 grams that can easily fit into your laptop bag.



The OptiCard 820 can scan pictures to a maximum of 600 dpi (hardware) to give decent quality pictures and around 1200 dpi using software interpolation. The color depth is a maximum of 48 bits per pixel. Since the role of the scanner is limited, the maximum scan area available is 105mm x 148mm (4.1" x 5.8") i.e. as big as a regular post card sized photograph. Plustek claims a scan speed of around 7 seconds @ 300 dpi in gray mode and 8 seconds in the color mode.

But the most important factor to determine the quality and performance of such scanners is the bundled software. The OptiCard 820 comes with I.R.I.S. Cardiris 3.5, NewSoft Presto! ImageFolio 4, NewSoft Presto! Mr. Photo 3.

Performance
Before you begin to scan anything, you have to install the software bundle provided along with the scanner, which was pretty irritating as I had to restart the computer twice. Once you are done with that, you can start scanning pictures or cards using the one-touch buttons on the scanner.

Plustek's IRIS Cardiris software is used for importing and filing business cards. The Smart Touch application keeps track of which one of the scanner's image-editing or card-scanning function buttons is pressed and launches the relevant program. The Cardiris application saves images of scanned business cards and uses Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to import the text on the cards into editable fields. This information can be synchronized with various applications, including Outlook and Lotus Notes, or exported to file formats that include JPEG images, HTML web pages, or comma-separated text. Cardiris proved very accurate with a range of new and dog-eared business cards, but didn't always manage to get information into the right field. We were surprised that India was not in the list of countries whose business card types are preset in the software. Also, since we do not follow any specific standard for business cards it becomes very difficult to scan and store all types of cards that you get. So, eventually you have to go through all the captured information and in case you find any mistakes, you have to correct them manually.

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by prabhu, chennai, on Jul 12, 2007 08:46 PM, Report abuse   Reply

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by prabhu deva, shimoga, on Sep 16, 2007 10:21 AM, Report abuse

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by Eklovya, Ahmedabad, on Sep 01, 2007 02:51 PM, Report abuse   Reply

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by gopaln, mumbai, on Aug 18, 2007 07:38 AM, Report abuse   Reply

we need a that kind of software that scan card and automaticlly stored in database and when ever we require we search it and got the information. The scanner is umax astra 3600 is there any one who has any information regarding this

by jagdish, ahmedabad, on Aug 09, 2007 06:56 PM, Report abuse   Reply

i want to purchase automatic book scanner. please send me details alongwith price

by v.k.saxena, UJJAIN M.P., on Jul 23, 2007 01:58 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Hi, I am Sulthan, I have one Plustek Opticard800 Model visiting card scanner, now its repaired, i want to service it, I am in bangalore,India. In Bangalore any service center is available.

by Sulthan, Bangalore, on Jul 13, 2007 11:48 AM, Report abuse   Reply

can the hp 300 3 in 1 used as a card scanner , using some software,mvibhu@hotmail.com

by vibhoo mehra, mumbai, on Jun 04, 2007 11:28 PM, Report abuse   Reply

hi My name is deepak kumar,my requerment is plustek opticard 820 driver

by deepak kumar, Gurgaon, on May 16, 2007 11:22 AM, Report abuse   Reply

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by USMAN KHAN, MUMBAI, on May 25, 2007 09:40 PM, Report abuse

We want to buy a scanner with necessary software for use in the Admission Test for the University. Please provide necessary information at the earliest.

by P. Vijaya Sarat, Prasanthinilayam, on Aug 08, 2006 02:30 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Hi, this is Plustek from Taiwan, I'm Eiling, India market account manager. Suggest you can use Optic Book 3600. Book scanner. Please contact with our Plustek India office Mr. Grijesh:9868591615

by Plustek, India, on Sep 06, 2006 09:31 PM, Report abuse

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by girijesh, new delhi, on Sep 06, 2006 11:32 PM, Report abuse

Dear Vijaya, we are distributor of visiting card scanner.Please contact me for further detail : 9869520508

by USMANKHAN, Mumbai, on Apr 22, 2007 01:10 PM, Report abuse

where can I have a demo and purchase of the product. pl. inform.

by P.Thangadurai, CHENNAI, on Apr 19, 2006 11:53 AM, Report abuse   Reply

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by Girijesh mishra, Delhi, on Apr 19, 2006 03:20 PM, Report abuse

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by USMANKHAN, Mumbai, on Apr 22, 2007 01:08 PM, Report abuse

can u help me to buy this scanner in Rajkot(Gujrat).

by prashant, Rajkot, on Sep 23, 2006 04:56 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Dear Parshant, we are distributor of visiting card scanner.Please contact me for further detail : 9869520508

by USMANKHAN, Mumbai, on Apr 22, 2007 01:00 PM, Report abuse

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by neha, Rajkot, on Sep 25, 2006 04:15 PM, Report abuse   Reply

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by USMANKHAN, Mumbai, on Apr 22, 2007 12:59 PM, Report abuse

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by satinder Singh, Chandigarh, on Jan 09, 2007 04:45 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Dear Satinder, we are distributor of visiting card scanner.Please contact me for further detail : 9869520508

by USMANKHAN, Mumbai, on Apr 22, 2007 12:57 PM, Report abuse

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by apurva1s, Delhi, on Feb 18, 2007 03:58 PM, Report abuse   Reply

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by USMANKHAN, Mumbai, on Apr 22, 2007 12:56 PM, Report abuse

I want a book scanner ASAP in Bangalore or Chennai. Can anybody help me?

by Mousum, Bangalore, on Nov 16, 2006 12:03 PM, Report abuse   Reply

hey, does anyone know where could i buy this in Delhi... ?

by anon, ..., on Apr 18, 2006 10:04 PM, Report abuse   Reply

yes, you can get in touch with Mr. Mahendra Lalwani of TelExcell Information Systems, the exclusive distributor for Plustek in India at the following number : 9811077996

by dhiraj ahuja, delhi, on Apr 19, 2006 12:19 AM, Report abuse

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by girijesh, new delhi, on Sep 06, 2006 11:37 PM, Report abuse

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by prashant, Rajkot, on Sep 23, 2006 02:31 PM, Report abuse

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by ppp, iuiu, on Sep 23, 2006 04:53 PM, Report abuse

hey does anyone know where could i buy this in Rajkot plz

by prashant, Rajkot, on Sep 23, 2006 02:28 PM, Report abuse   Reply

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by Anonymous, ra, on Sep 23, 2006 04:13 PM, Report abuse

Respecter Sir, I am from Calcutta , i want to buy a printer ranging in between 2000-2500/=. plz suggest me which to buy... my cell no: 09831195915, 09836105880

by rajiv kumar sin, calcutta, on May 16, 2006 06:52 PM, Report abuse   Reply

You can buy canon Pixma iP1000 for less than Rs.2500/-. It,s a good quality basic Printer.

by Pralay Tewary, Berhampore-W.B., on Sep 03, 2006 10:35 PM, Report abuse

good feature

by rakesh, chennai, on Apr 29, 2006 08:50 AM, Report abuse   Reply

Looking at comments i'd say - Online selling at its best ... which by the way makes me think ... why doesn't the review page contain some basic availability details. What say Techtree ??

by Hmmm.Thinking.H, Delhi, on Apr 19, 2006 04:52 PM, Report abuse   Reply

you can contact at TelExcell Information Systems in New Delhi to Girijesh/Aswad at 9868501615/9868889916

by Aswad Hussain, New Delhi, on Apr 20, 2006 10:44 AM, Report abuse

I totally agree Hmmm.Thinking.H

by Vinayak Hmmm., Thinking.H, on Apr 27, 2006 12:23 PM, Report abuse

can u send me detail about book scanner, Price,Service Centre,avilability in Tamil Nadu

by K.Venkatesh, Madurai, on Apr 26, 2006 03:02 PM, Report abuse   Reply

what is the price?

by Anonymous, hyd, on Apr 25, 2006 08:09 PM, Report abuse   Reply

What is the price and where is at available at Hyderabad.

by hds, Hyderabad, on Apr 25, 2006 03:28 PM, Report abuse   Reply

A bigger full-featured scanner may be easily obtained at this price!

by sidentity, Calcutta, on Apr 19, 2006 09:24 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Dear Sir ofcourse you can get full-featured scanner at this cost but i would like to say this is a business card scanner cum phot scanner...

by Girijesh mishra, Delhi, on Apr 20, 2006 07:21 PM, Report abuse

For the price, it is not worth it!!!

by karthi1509, Panchkula, on Apr 19, 2006 06:58 AM, Report abuse   Reply

Dear Sir you can get oin touch with Mr. Hardeep for more details in chandigarh at 9888889822

by Girijesh mishra, Delhi, on Apr 19, 2006 03:23 PM, Report abuse

where could i buy this product in bangalore

by sudheesh, bangalore, on Apr 19, 2006 10:35 AM, Report abuse   Reply

Dear Sir please contact Mr. Subash Lalwani at 9448082646 for product details

by Girijesh mishra, Delhi, on Apr 19, 2006 03:22 PM, Report abuse

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