PlusTek SmartOffice PL4080 Flatbed & ADF Document Scanner

This is Plustek’s versatile workgroup scanner, built for offices that need to digitize both loose stacks of paper and fragile bound materials. It combines a 50-sheet Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) with a traditional flatbed, so you can quickly scan multi-page reports and then switch to the glass for ID cards, booklets, or stapled forms. The trade-off is that it’s a strictly USB-tethered machine with a 3,000-sheet daily duty cycle, but if you need a reliable, all-purpose desktop scanner without the bulk of a departmental unit, this is an excellent fit.

Scan Performance

• Image Sensor: Dual CIS (Contact Image Sensor) for simultaneous single-pass duplex scanning

• Light Source: LED (no warm-up time required)

• Scan Speed (ADF): Up to 40 ppm / 80 ipm (Color, Grayscale, B&W, 200 dpi, A4 Portrait); 26 ppm / 52 ipm at 300 dpi

• Optical Resolution: 600 dpi (ADF); 1200 × 1200 dpi hardware resolution for Flatbed

• Color Depth: Color 48-bit input / 24-bit output; Grayscale 16-bit input / 8-bit output; B&W 1-bit

• Daily Duty Cycle: Up to 3,000 sheets

• Roller Lifetime: 100,000 scans; Pad Lifetime: 50,000 scans

Paper Handling

• ADF Capacity: 50 sheets (A4/Letter, 70 g/m²), up to 20 business cards

• ADF Scanning Area: Max 216 × 1270 mm (8.5" × 50") for long documents; Min 12.7 × 12.7 mm

• Flatbed Scanning Area: Max 216 × 297 mm (A4/Letter); Min 12.7 × 12.7 mm

• Acceptable Paper Weight: 50 to 120 g/m²

• Versatile Handling: Flatbed handles fragile items, magazines, booklets, and stapled documents; ADF handles multi-folded documents and forms without jamming

Connectivity

• Interface: USB 2.0 Type B

• No built-in Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or standalone operation — requires a direct PC connection

• Protocol: TWAIN and WIA compliant for seamless integration with document management software

Design & Power

• Action Buttons: 3 single-touch buttons (Scan, PDF, Custom) that can be configured for up to 7 different scanning jobs

• Dimensions: 418 × 326 × 101 mm (16.45" × 12.83" × 4")

• Weight: 3.98 kg (8.77 lbs)

• Power Supply: 24 Vdc / 0.75 A (Energy Star compliant: 0.25 W in sleep, 0.05 W off)

Software & Compatibility

• Bundled Software: Plustek DocAction, Plustek DocTWAIN

• Built-in OCR: Plustek OCR (Powered by ABBYY FineReader) for converting scans into searchable PDFs or editable Word/Excel files

• Image Processing Features: Auto Rotate, Auto Threshold, Auto Crop & Deskew, Blank Page Removal, Color Dropout

• Operating Systems: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 (Linux compatibility available for system integrators)

In the Box

• Scanner, power adapter, software CD, setup guide, warranty card