Brother International Australia has launched two new desktop scanners fit for high volume scanning. The PDS-5000 and PDS-6000 are targeted at the document lifecycle of small and mid-sized businesses (SMB) in industries such as healthcare, retail, education, finance, legal and more.

Features include increased speed and throughput allowing for higher quality images and larger file sizes, as well as improved image processing and compatibility through drivers and bundled software solutions.

Kofax VRS compatibility enables the PDS-series devices to deliver the best-possible image quality through improved optical character recognition (OCR) processing.

Barcode batch scanning support allows SMBs to increase efficiency by rapidly processing multiple mixed sets of documents without pre-sorting or stopping and starting.

These models also support a USB 3.0 interface as well as speeds of up to 60 pages per minute (PDS-5000) or up to 80 pages per minute (PDS-6000). Multi-Page Scanning is provided from the 100-sheet capacity automatic document feeder (ADF)

The PDS models deliver superior image quality required for precise document handling. These solutions provide significantly improved OCR capabilities, transforming documents into usable data that can be integrated into workflow processes easily via expanded integration with the TWAIN driver.  
"These new desktop scanners with enhanced features and interoperability can help SMBs transform manual paper processes into easy and efficient electronic document workflows. In addition, these scanners allow customers to store data and communicate information that historically has been locked in hard-copy form," said Luke Howard, Commercial Market Development Channel Manager, Brother International Australia.

Other features include:

For High-Volume Scanning Environments - a daily duty cycle of up to 6,000 pages

High-Speed Scanning - Scans single and double-sided materials in a single pass, in both colour and black/white, at up to 60ppm

High-Precision Scanning - Up to 600 dpi optical resolution, plus a robust collection of image optimisation features including multi-stream, dynamic threshold, edge clean-up, hole punch removal, de-speckle, colour matching, and more

Rapid Image Processing - Via the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface

Advanced Scanning Features - Including ultrasonic multi-feed detection with reversing roller to ensure each page is properly scanned, and batch barcode support for simplified file sorting and searching

Versatile Media Handling - Easily scans business and plastic cards, including embossed plastic cards, and a variety of documents up to 236" in length

Scan Destinations - E-mail, OCR, File, Image, FTP, Network, Print, and Microsoft SharePoint

Kofax VRS Compatible - An industry leader in image processing software that automatically examines scanned materials and applies the appropriate image correction settings for optimal scan results.

The PDS-5000 has a recommended retail price of $A1399, the PDS-6000 is $A2199.

Each scanner is Windows, Mac, and Linux compatible

www.brother.com.au