Fujitsu has released a compact new A3 document scanner, the ScanSnap SV600, which is also able to  scan bound books. 

The AU$799 SV600 can directly scan large documents (up to A3 size) as well as bound books to document quality. It inherits the “One Touch” feature from the ScanSnap Series. 

Features of the SV600 include an in-built “Book Image Correction” feature (able to remove distortion caused by the curve of an open book) and “Page Turning Detection” feature, which initiates the scanning operation via the detection of page turning movements.

Peter Uher, General Manager, Fujitsu Products Group, said “The release of the SV600 with its simple and fast desktop-to-digital data capture capability allows the scanning of documents such as broadsheets and thick books that were previously difficult to handle. 

"Its compact design and overhead scanning operation reduce desktop footprint and even allows capture of multiple business card details just by scattering them within the scanning area..”

The SV600 comes bundled with drivers, OCR and business card management software for Windows OS while Mac OS is scheduled for November.

VI Technology combines a lens with variable depth of field, a direction controlled LED lamp and a CCD linear image sensor to minimise unevenness in image quality. This ensures distortion is removed and scanning produces uniform document quality.  As a result even large documents and bound books can be easily digitised.

Thick documents such as books or greeting cards - and even those with sticky notes attached - can be scanned directly without difficulty. 

Because the SV600 does not touch any document surface it is possible to scan precious items that would otherwise be damaged by too much handling or feeding into ordinary ADF scanners.  

Scanned images can be confirmed and fine-tuned using the preview dialogue to ensure that the data scanned from magazines and books is as sharp as the original.  

SV600 automatically detects when a page is turned, allowing books to be scanned at a rate of 3 seconds per open pair of pages. 

The new “Rack2-filer Smart” and “Easy Book Creation” features can automatically create a virtual book based on the front cover, back cover and spine of the original.  It can also be placed in a virtual bookshelf for easy selection.The page turning detection function and the image correction feature greatly simplify and speed the scanning of book pages. 

The SV600 is ready to scan in three seconds after switch on.  Three seconds are needed to scan large A3 size documents.

A “Multiple Document Detection” feature enables scanning and cropping of multiple documents in a single scan, suitable for multiple business cards, sets of photographs and business receipts, as the SV600 does the cropping automatically. 

Adobe Acrobat Standard” for editing PDF files and “CardMinder” for managing business cards are bundled as standard with the SV600.