is In a few words, this Canon imageFORMULA DR-9050C – document scanner can be best described as an A3 document handling that is fast, reliable with high-precision and superior Canon-quality image processor. Designed to meet the most exacting document management needs, this compact scanner is extremely comfortable to use due to its streamlined design. It can handle demanding scanning, and it needs to be given that it has a tough build.
The Canon DR-9050C is the best scanner for medical records if you are scanning more than 10,000 pages per day. So to calculate your project, you should measure how many feet of charts are in your office. As a rule of thumb, 2 linear feet of records are equal to 2,500 pages per standard banker’s box.
The scanner is heavy duty and its scanning features, including ultrasonic double feed detection and staple detection features, ensure that you won’t miss a page. This makes this hardware perfect for digitizing all health-related documents. In addition, there are optional barcode and patch code modules to automate the scanning process.
This document scanner is every scanner’s dream due to its great features and functionality capabilities, such as,
- It is productive, flexible and highly efficient.
- It is a great time saver as it performs at a super-quick 90 ppm speed while scanning at resolutions of 200dpi (A4, Portrait).
- It is a heavy-duty machine and can do up to 27,000 scans a day, while offering automatic, manual and bypass feeding of documents (Width 50.8 – 305mm, Length 70 – 432mm & long document mode of 3000mm max).
- You do not need to worry about loading papers because it comes with a retard roller for paper separation and a feeder capacity 500 sheets.
- When it comes to Output Resolution, it has a wide range; 100 x 100dpi, 150 x 150dpi, 200 x 200dpi, 240 x 240dpi, 300 x 300dpi, 400 x 400dpi and 600 x 600dpi.
- It has dual interfaces (High Speed USB 2.0 & SCSI-3) and weighs approximately 22.5 kg.
- It uses Exchange Roller Kit and Ink Cartridge as its consumables.
- The software included in it is Kofax VirtualReScan 4.5 Basic, Drivers & utilities, EasyConnect (free download) and Canon CapturePerfect 3.0 and can operate on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP or Vista.
- Although it has no installed battery or optical storage, it uses power supply with a power consumption of 2.7 a watt and has an 83 watt standby.
- Should there be a need for drivers, Scanner Driver 1.3, CapturePerfect v3 Patch Update 3.0.97, Firmware Update 1.11, Job Tool 1.0 (configures the one touch buttons) and INF File, are available for download.
- It has staple detection and one does not need to remove staples from documents before scanning.
- It comes with a Rapid Recovery System with an Ultrasonic Double Feed Detection and a manual/ bypass feeding.
- With its job function, a user may register while using it, and therefore can show the time one has worked.
- With the verified scan, count only mode and count clear, one can easily manage the scanner.
- It comes with a buzzer alarm and allows background selection of black or white.
Given all the good attributes this product has, there is however one down side of it, it does not have a user manual. One needs to go to the internet to get user support online.