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ADS-1200 Portable, Compact Document Scanner

For homes and businesses needing a simple and versatile document scanner. The ADS-1200 allows you to scan where it's most convenient for you.

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25ppm/50ipm, 2-sided colour scan speed

20 sheet Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)

Portable with USB 3.0 Bus power

Product Details

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Dedicated plastic ID card slot

Scan to PDF, file, email and USB host

Industry leading Nuance Power PDF editing software

  • 25ppm/50ipm, 2-sided colour scan speed
  • 20 sheet Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)
  • Portable with USB 3.0 Bus power
  • Dedicated plastic ID card slot
  • Scan to PDF, file, email and USB host
  • Industry leading Nuance Power PDF editing software

About Product:

Make everyday document scanning simple with the ADS-1200 compact document scanner. 

With USB 3.0 Bus power, there's no need for mains power. Connect the ADS-1200 to a laptop with a USB 3.0 cable and you now have a portable document scanner so you can scan documents when you need. 

The desktop-friendly sized scanner, comes with powerful paper-handling. With a sheetfed Automatic Document Feeder (ADF), 2-sided documents to multi-page contracts and plastic ID cards, can all be scanned with ease.  

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Specifications

General

Usage type Desktop
Control panel LED, Keys

Connectivity

USB interface SuperSpeed Micro-USB 3.0, Hi-Speed micro USB 2.0 type B, USB 2.0 host

Dimensions & weights

With carton W 380 x D 157 x H 200 mm
With carton 1.9 kg
Without carton W 300 X D 103.5 X H 83 mm
Weight 1.36 kg

Energy Consumption

Operating 8 watts
Ready mode 3.2 watts
Sleep mode 1.3 watts
Off 0.1 watts
Sound power 62 dB
Sound pressure 50 dBA

In the box

AC adaptor Yes
Product safety guide Yes
Quick setup guide Yes

Media specifications

Types and sizes Plain Paper, Thin Paper, Thick Paper, Thicker Paper, Recycled Paper, Business Card, Plastic Card
Weights 51.8 - 200 gsm (single sheets), 51.8 - 128 gsm (multiple sheets and long paper) 128 - 200 gsm (Not supported by USB Bus power), Plastic card thickness embossed up to 1.24mm
ADF media sizes Paper (multiple sheets): width 51 - 215.9mm, length 70-297mm, Paper (single sheet): width 51-215.9mm, length 51 - 863mm, Plastic card: width 51 - 55 mm, length 80 - 90mm, Receipts: length 76.2 - 355.6mm

Scanning

2-Sided scan Yes
ADF 20
Scan to email, file, image, OCR, USB host
Colour A4 scan speed 25 ppm
Drivers Windows - WIA, TWAIN, macOS - TWAIN, ICA, Linux - SANE
Gray scale 256 levels
Interpolated scan resolution 1200 x 1200 dpi
Scan features Greyscale Level Adjustment, B&W Level Adjustment, Colour Tone Adjustment, Colour Drop, Edge Emphasis, Compression, Punch Hole Removal, Character Enhancement, Auto Deskew, Detect End of Page, Auto Image Rotation, Background Processing, Edge Fill, Auto Colour Detection, Skip Blank Page, Margin Setting
Scan resolution from ADF 600 x 600
TWAIN compatability Mac OS X 10.6 or higher, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows 8

Warranty

Warranty 2-Year Warranty
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Portable scanning

Designed with flexibility in mind, the portable sheetfed ADS-1200 can be powered using USB 3.0 connected to a laptop. You can now take your scanner with you, scanning where it's most convenient. 

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Flexible media

Scanning documents is quick and easy with the sheetfed ADS-1200. With a dedicated plastic ID card slot, ID cards or documents are fed smoothly into the scanner, so your records can be easily kept up to date.  

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Practical and compact

The space-saving ADS-1200 compact document scanner is ideal when space is limited. Measuring slightly wider than a sheet of A4 paper, you can free-up desk space and reduce clutter.

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High performance

Simply put your documents into the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) and let it do the hard work for you. Scanning up to 25 sheets per minute, your documents can be saved quickly to PC, email and USB host.

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