Pentax DSmobile 600 Scanner Review
Pentax has turned this scanner over to BROTHER, and although BROTHER has downloadable drivers available for this wonderful handy scanner, unfortunately none of them are for MACs. In fact, they even advertise it now as not being compatible with MACs.
Well, I beg to differ, because Ladies & Gentlemen, after scouring the internet with many a fail, I just discovered the missing link. My computer hard drive crashed & I needed to find the mac TWAIN driver for the DSmobile 600 again. I was quite angry when even Brother's phone customer service tried to tell me to call Pentax even though Pentax told me to call them. We're the customers, so we're the morons right?
Well moron this: [...]
Mac Peeps - Copy link, Paste in browser & hit enter, Scroll down, Download Twain driver, Open file & Install, aaaannndd DO NOT DELETE THE INSTALLATION FILE; it's just a matter of time before this hole in the web disappears too.
... now if I can just find that pesky calibration card ;)
Pentax DSmobile 600 Scanner Feature
- Only 12 ounces and measuring just 11 inches in length
- User-friendly sheet-fed design
- Optical Resolution: 600 dpi
- Scanning Modes: 48-bit internally, outputs 24-bit true color; 8-bit gray scale; 1-bit bi-level B&W
- Operating Systems: Windows Vista, XP, 2000, ME SE, Mac OSX 10.3 and later (download from www.pentaxtech.com)
Pentax DSmobile 600 Scanner Overview
Weighing just 12 ounces and measuring only 1.5"H x 2" D x 11" L, the Pentax DSmobile is the ideal scanning solution for people on the go or work in a confined environment. Simplified sheet-fed design make scanning from business card size to legal paper size douments is an easy one-step opertaion. Consuming only 0.001W sleep, 0.2W standby and maximum of 2.0W when operating, power is drawn directly from a laptop from the USB port, eliminating the need got a heavy and bulky power source adapter. Reliabilty and quality images are assured with the use of an advanced Contact Image Sensor Optical Module with fewer moving parts than units equiped with a traditional CCD module. One touch of the button on the DSmobile 600 will launch your choice of compatible scanning programs. Make a preferred scanning program your default and that one touch will initiate that program.
Pentax DSmobile 600 Scanner Specifications
Weighing in at less than 12 ounces and measuring just 11 inches wide, the Pentax DSmobile lets you carry around all you need to scan everything from a business card to an 8.5 by 14 inch document. The scanner draws power from its USB interface so no clunky AC adapter is needed. Bring it along with you and you can instantly transmit a printed page via email, fax, or the web. The scanner has a hardware optical resolution of 300 dpi and the included OCR software automatically converts the document to editable text.
The scanner uses a Contact Image Sensor (CIS) to achieve its smaller volume and lighter weight, and also requires less power consumption and lower maintenance than a traditional CCD. The DSmobile has few moving parts, which promotes high reliability and nearly maintenance-free operation. It consumes only 0.2 watt of power in standby mode and a maximum of 2.2 watts of power when scanning. The Pentax DSmobile 600 Scanner is compatible with Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. It is backed by a 1-year warranty.
What's in the Box
DSmobile 600 scanner, leather case, 35-inch USB cable, user's manual, instllation guide, software CD, calibration card, and two 5x7-inch photo-scan sleeves.
Related Products
Customer Reviews
Brother DSmoble 600 - mark_jr48 -
Good product!! Used it 5 min after getting it. I have only scanned black and white pages in and it works great.
Good product, but I have high standards - Peter Olguin - West Hartford, CT United States
I'll start off by saying that I like this product and would buy it again. Compared to my HP Photosmart scanner, this thing is a speed demon. And the quality is good enough for archiving receipts, notes, and other miscellany I want to keep a record of but don't need the image quality to be stellar. And the footprint is tiny.
That said, after having used it a while, there are some things that I would love to see improved.
When I feed in paper that has been folded, the speed varies when the paper hits the fold, causing the image to be distorted.
I would love to be able to do a some minimal post-scanning manipulation before saving a multi-page document. If I feed in five pages and accidentally mix up pages 3 and 4, I need to rescan the entire document to put the pages in the right order. Also, if the size of the scan area is larger than the paper, the scan displays a dark, black border, which I would like to eliminate. The border is not a problem if I am only filing the document electronically, but it is a real ink-waster if I have to print it later on.
It would also be great if the software could automatically detect the paper edge. Instead, if I have an odd-sized piece of paper, such as a receipt or half sheet of letter-sized paper, I have to manually adjust the size, otherwise I get the aforementioned black border.
Too slow - Mdking -
Very cute, taking about 30sec to scan one page. Very hard to scan a document with multiple pages.
Longevity - J. Hayden - USA
Mine was great up until the point where it stopped working, 1.5 years into owning it. At first I thought it was an OS/driver issue, but I confirmed that it is simply broken. I seriously doubt I will buy from Brother/Pentax again.
*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Nov 04, 2010 23:50:22
Visit : find more best Cookers and Grills at Cookers and G here you can find more save price about Glossy Photo Paper and ipod touch you can find more best about Imac Computer
