Kodak's Document Imaging has launched a dedicated portable document scanner for Mac users, the SCANMATE i940.

The i940 integrates Kodak's Perfect Page technology and NEWSOFT PRESTO! PAGEMANAGER 9 Software to allow the simultaneous creation of colour and black-and-white versions of documents.

It also offers auto-cropping, image rotation, electronic colour dropout, image merge, image edge fill, content-based blank page removal and automatic brightness and contrast. The application also provides optical character recognition (OCR) and an all-in-one PageViewer for editing or annotating documents.

Customisable scan buttons within the PAGEMANAGER Application provide shortcuts to favourite files and applications. Efficient document viewing is made possible with search functionality by file type or file name. 

PDF management tools include split and merge, file formatting options, PDF annotation and file stacking. A quick links feature also helps to minimize processing time by creating shortcuts to frequently used folders. 

The SCANMATE i940 for MAC also includes NEWSOFT PRESTO! BIZCARD XPRESS Software for managing contact information scanned from business cards.

The i940 Scanner for MAC connects via USB 2.0 and outputs to JPEG and PDF file formats.

With a recommended daily volume of up to 500 pages per day, the SCANMATE i940 for MAC can hold up to 20 documents at a time from its automatic document feeder (ADF). The scanner, when AC-powered, captures images from documents at 20 pages per minute (ppm) at 200 dots per inch (dpi) in black and white or grayscale and up to 15 ppm at 200 dpi in colour. Its USB-power option enables imaging at up to 8 ppm at 200 dpi. The ADF can also handle a variety of small documents such as identification cards, business cards, insurance cards and embossed hard cards.