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The SmartOffice PS396 features one of the most advanced document 
feeding and separation system in the industry.  This system allows the 
SmartOffice PS396 to scan mixed batches of varying paper sizes and 
weights.

No more wasted time sorting documents based on their size or 
thickness.  Plastic and rigid cards such as ID cards, Drivers Licenses, 
Membership Cards, Insurance Cards and even log documents up to 50” 
are scanned without additional adjustments or additional set up.  The 
SmartOffice PS396 also features auto wake up that enables users to 
simply place the paper in the scanner and wake up the scanner from 
sleep / stand-by mode. 

The 100 sheet feed tray along with a daily duty cycle of 4000 pages 
means that the SmartOffice PS396 is a scanner that is designed to scan 
documents every day, all day long.

Create searchable PDFs at the touch of a button.  Single Touch scanning allows you to define 9 different scanning 
functions that can all be accessed by simply pressing a button.  In addition to Searchable PDF, you can transform your 
paper documents into editable Microsoft Office document formats or common image formats such as JPG and TIFF.  The 
SmartOffice PS396 is bundled with business card reading software and a suite of document management and scanning 
applications to allow you to be productive right out of the box.   Industry standard TWAIN, ISIS and WIA drivers ensure 
compatibility with thousands of image enabled applications.

Exceptional Document Handling 

Exceptional Reliability

Exceptional Productivity

Color Dropout

Auto Rotate

Blank Page Removal

Auto Crop & Deskew

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Auto Mode

Auto Threshold

Automatically straightens and crops 
image to the documents actual size.

Automatically rotates document based 
on the contents of the document.

Automatically threshold the current 
image into a binary black and white 
image.

Automatically detects document color and scans document in  
color, grayscale or black & white mode.

Removes red, green or blue color when scanning forms.

Automatically removes blank pages without manual editing. 

Normal Scan

With Auto Color Detection

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FEATURES

Multi-Image Output

Scans and saves documents in 2 or 3 color modes at same time. 

Fast scanning at speeds up 

to 30ppm/60ipm in 

Grayscale mode.

Effective scanning with large 

Automatic Document Feeder 

up to 100 pages. 

Scans embossed rigid cards 

such as ID cards, insurance 

cards, license and credit cards 

up to 1.2mm. Perfect for 

vertical applications such as 

healthcare, pharmacy, 

accounting. hospitality, etc.

Digitalize paper business cards 

into easily-managed and 

sorted contacts, and turn your 

business cards into 

information.

Save paper documents as 

searchable PDFs at the touch 

of a button and find your 

information faster.

Easily upload files or scanned 

images to a compatible server 

of your choice including FTP 

servers, Google Documents, 

Microsoft SharePoint, Box, 

Dropbox and Twitter.

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