Portable Handheld Scanner

Being able to scan documents, magazine articles or pages from books is easy when you’re in the office with a flatbed scanner nearby. But doing that same action when you’re at a bookstore or library isn’t all that simple unless you plan to carry your laptop and a big flatbed scanner with you. With the development in the technology,we all have a better solution for this.It is nothing but the so called "Portable Handheld Scanner".

This scanner  allows you to scan the contents of books, letters, recipies and more by gliding the scanner over the surface of the page. Rather than having it hooked up to a PC while you scan, the portable scanner has a microSD card slot where you can connect up an SD card and copy images directly from page on to the memory.

The scanner can capture images up to 8.5 inches by 50 inches in length and is capable of capturing at either 600dpi or 300dpi.

To transfer the images to your computer you can either take out the microSD card and connect that up to a card reader, or attach the portable scanner up to your computer via a USB cable and drag and drop the files as needed.

The portable scanner is powered by AA batteries with a single set keeping the device powered for about 180 scans.

The portable handheld scanner is available from Hammacher costing $119.95.

Docupen is a similar kind of scanner.Click here to know more about Docupen R700