"Save When You Buy a Business Card Scanners"
If you've ever looked at a pile of old business cards and wondered if that vital one is there somewhere then you might appreciate a business card scanner. This accessory has the potential to quicly go through those unorganized cards and transform them, with the right software, into contacts entered into your outlook address book or CRM system.
In essense this is a small scanner aimed at scanning business card size and thickness items and using OCR technology to convert the scanned image into a coherent set of personal or business contact details. This can often be directly inserted into your contact management software.
Nowadays these scanners will, most often, connect to your computer using a USB 2 connection in the same way as a full size scanner. Since they are small devices, with low power requirements most can be powered from the USB interface and so do not need a power cable or adaptor.
Some popular card scanners include the CardScan Personal v8 and its executive brother, plus the CSSN Portable Business Card Scanner. There are many other names in the field such as Iriscard and Neatreceipts.
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Although the 21st century doesn't have us sharing information via handshake, at least not yet anyway, communication technology has indeed come a long way from pigeon carrier, what with email, instant messaging, web conferencing, among many others. Yet, despite the advancements in communications, people are still exchanging contact information with a business card – a small piece of hard paper with name, number and other data scribbled or printed on. And people will still go home and input the data on these business cards the old fashioned way – manually reading and encoding the data onto your computer's files or email server's address book. Or, rather, the people who do not own the Scanshell 800N business card scanner.
This gadget scans business cards, photos, lottery tickets, driver's licenses and bank checks, and transfers the info onto your computer. Specially designed to read and scan fine print, it is a nifty device that you can connect to your desktop or laptop with a USB cable, usually without needing an external source of power to get it running. Being only 185 mm long, 52 mm wide and 40 mm high, and weighing only 210 grams, the Scanshell 800N is fully mobile and ideal to take with you even on business trips and out-of-town conferences, easily storing new contacts the same day you meet new business associates. You get to instantly access your business contact online when you need it, or quickly find a client's, supplier's or associate's website, or even have addresses ready for when you need to print out delivery labels. A business card scanner that doesn't only manage your contacts, but allows you to do so many aspects of your job easily.
The maximum scanning area of the Scanshell 800N is 7 by 4.2 inches, adequately covering an A6 document. It can handle cards and paper with a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 mm. While this business card scanner can also scan your bank checks driver's licenses, you will need a different type of scanner if you wish to scan thicker cards and documents.
The Scanshell 800N is only one of many business scanners; there are other scanners specifically made for documents, passports, ID cards, magnetic stripe and barcode readers, medical cards, among others. All ScanShell devices scan in color, but could also be set to scan in black and white. Scanning time depends on the kind of scanner, and sometimes on the color of the document being scanned, though the Scanshell 800N scans both colored and black and white documents at the same speed. For example, whether in color or black and white, a 6 x 4 inch document scanned at 100 dpi will go as fast as ten pages per minute.
With the contacts application, Scan2Contacts, you are able to transfer the info on your business card straight to Microsoft Outlook. Perfectly compatible with Microsoft's contact management software, the Scan2Contacts application is able to categorize each item on the business card automatically using Optical Character Recognition. If there's a photographic image on the business card, Scan2Contacts recognized this data as well, and inputs it in accordingly.
Installing Scan2Contacts is not a laborious process either. The Scanshell 800N is a plug and play system. After the initial guided install, a Scan2Contacts toolbar will show up on Outlook, and everything runs according to your preferences. ScanShell 800N is compatible with Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP and Vista. You will need to have at least Pentium 100MHz and 64 MB of DRAM, or higher for system installation, as well as 60 MB free disk space, a CD Rom and a USB port. For maximum effect of the color scanner, you should also have a true color VGA monitor, with at least 800 x 600 pixels. At the moment, unfortunately, ScanShell scanners are not compatible with Macintosh computers and operating systems.
Asides from its scanners, ScanShell also has electronic signature devices, such as signature pads, which are graphic tablets that allows you to capture someone's signature for storage and future verification.
All ScanShell products have a 3-month warranty, which can be extended to one year at an extra rate. The ScanShell store also has a 30-day return policy, with a money back guarantee. You can buy ScanShell scanners and other products online, with several payment methods available, including prepaid checks and credit cards, such as Visa, Master Card, and American Express Cards.
