Docupen R-700 Rechargeable, Portable Scanner Review - PaperPort Software
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The Docupen R-700 videos grabbed my attention. That sounds more fun than the usual manual, and I should be sure I do this right. There are seven tutorial videos. The first listed the things included in the package, and I noticed I didn’t get a few of them. Here the things my box was missing:
- Instruction manual
- Calibration sheet
- 4 batteries
There was an instruction manual on the CD-ROM, so I wasn’t worried about it, but the calibration sheet might be a problem. I was pretty sure that I had the rechargeable model, so missing the batteries didn’t bother me. The videos were a bit out of date, but that’s forgivable. The later videos did a good job showing how to roll the Docupen over papers, and the last one showed most of what you needed to know about PaperPort.
After charging the Docupen batteries in the USB port, I did a few quick scans and tried out the PaperPort software. Clicking the “Download” button brings up the scanner interface. Once in the interface, the software can download pictures, delete them from the scanner memory, and calibrate the scanner.
It’s easy to get the hang of, especially since the video shows you exactly how to download and delete. Without the video, it may have been less intuitive, but it would not be hard. Transferring becomes pretty simple, and it never takes long since the pen only holds 2 MB.
However, I’m not sure why the scanner keeps images in memory after they are downloaded, since I always end up having to go through the second step of erasing them from the scanner immediately afterwards. I would prefer it to wipe the images out of memory when I download them to PaperPort, or at least have an option for the software to do this. Separating the tasks adds extra steps, and I’m not sure what is gained from it.
On the first PaperPort screenshot, you can see icons for programs at the bottom. This is how you open the scans. If you click on the icon for an image editor, the program will simply load your scanned JPG. If you click on Word or Notepad or another text editor, the software will automatically convert the scanned image into text (using OCR) for you and open the text in your chosen program. They made this very easy.
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