Xerox just announced two new high-end DocuMate scanners.
The 5445 is rated at 45 ppm/90 ipm, while the 5460 provides 60 ppm/120 ipm at 200 dpi and black and white jobs.
According to the manufacturer, both scanners are small enough "to fit on any desk" and weigh about 8.8 lbs. Both scanners come with a paper feeder that can hold 75 sheets of paper with sizes from 1.9 x 2.8 inches to 8.5 x 100 inches. The supported paper weights range from 5.4 to 55 lbs.
Xerox said both scanners are available now through online channel partners. The 5445 is priced at $1,195 MSRP and the 5460 at $1,595 MSRP.
ipm - Images per minute
dpi - Dots per inch
I had to look up all the abbreviations since I'm not familiar with scanners. Putting this up in case anyone else needs.
That's not the maximum resolution, just the resolution at which the scanner will obtain its maximum scan speed.
These scanners are not meant to be used to scan family photos. There is a HUGE demand for scanners like these and the fujitsu 6000 series scanners in the medical field where all doctors offices have to goto EMR now. Now they have to take years of archived paper charts and scan them into their systems. Most offices I deal with are planning on scanning 20,000 pages minimum. The problem is very few of even these mid to high end document scanners can reach reasonable image quality at the "advertised" page per minute speeds. It would be nice to see a review with image qualities demonstrated comparing scanners like these for the medical field so that small tech companies like myself can be more helpful to them in recommending scanners. A small difference in scan quality and speed makes a huge difference in what the scanner is worth because of the hours that will be spend using it to scan in all the old patient charts.