Xerox Travel Scanner 100 - sheetfed scanner

Description: The Xerox Travel Scanner 100 is a 600dpi, enterprise scanner.Compared to other enterprise scanners on the market, it is very inexpensive at around $155.

Pros: None noted, given available product data.

Cons: Has a 24-bit (16.7 million colors) color depth, which is considerably less favorable than some similarly priced scanners.For example, the Plustek OpticSlim M12, a 600dpi scanner at around $155, has a 48-bit color color depth.This sheetfed scanner will only handle flat documents or pictures; if you're likely to often scan from bound material, you should consider a flatbed scanner.

Suitability: An enterprise scanner, suited for high-volume document scanning.The CIS scanning element in this unit contributes to its compactness, but material to be scanned must be in direct contact with the scanning surface.Has a duty cycle of 500 pages per day.This product is a portable scanner, made for mobile scanning jobs.

Value: In view of its very inexpensive price, this scanner has great features for the money.

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• Manufacturer: Xerox
• Part Number: XTRAVEL-SCAN

• General

• Type Sheetfed scanner - Portable
• Width 11.4 in
• Depth 2 in
• Height 1.5 in
• Weight 10.6 oz

• Scanner

• Input Type Color
• Grayscale Depth 8-bit (256 gray levels)
• Color Depth 24-bit (16.7 million colors)
• Optical Resolution 600 dpi
• Scan Element Type Contact Image Sensor
• Lamp / Light Source Type RGB LED array
• Duty Cycle 500 scans per day
• Scanner Speed Details 4 pages/min - Color - 150 dpi, 6 pages/min - Black&white - 200 dpi
• Scanner Features Powered by USB port
• Compliant Standards WIA, TWAIN

• Media Handling

• Supported Media Type Plain paper, Business card

• Storage

• Optical Storage None

• Expansion / Connectivity

• Expansion Slot(s) None
• Interfaces 1 x Hi-Speed USB

• Miscellaneous

• Included Accessories Carrying case
• Cables Included 1 x USB cable

• Power

• Power Device None

• Software / System Requirements

• Software Included Presto! BizCard, Nuance PaperPort, ScanSoft OmniPage Pro, Visioneer OneTouch with Kofax VRS Technology
• OS Required Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4
• System Requirements Details Windows 2000/XP - Pentium 4 - RAM 512 MB - HD 350 MB, Windows Vista - Pentium 4 - RAM 1 GB - HD 350 MB

Xerox

Manufacturer profile

• Website: http://www.xerox.com/
• Address: 800 Long Ridge Road, , .
• Phone: 1-203-968-3000