Plustek MobileOffice AD480 Portable Document Scanner

This is a compact, portable document scanner designed for mobile professionals and small offices that need to digitize paperwork on the go. It uses dual CIS sensors for single-pass duplex scanning at 20 ppm and has a 20-sheet ADF that folds down for travel. The trade-off is that it's a strictly USB-tethered machine with a low daily duty cycle of 1,500 sheets, but for a travel-friendly scanner that fits in a laptop bag, it's a reliable little workhorse.

Scan Performance

• Up to 20 ppm / 40 ipm (Color, Grayscale, B&W, 200 dpi, A4 Portrait) via dual CIS sensors for simultaneous duplex scanning

• Optical Resolution: 600 dpi (hardware 600 × 600 dpi)

• Color Depth: 48-bit input / 24-bit output; Grayscale: 16-bit input / 8-bit output

• Daily duty cycle: Up to 1,500 sheets

• Roller lifetime: 100,000 scans; Pad lifetime: 20,000 scans

Paper Handling

• ADF capacity: 20 sheets (A4/Letter, 70 g/m²), 6 business cards

• Scanning area: Max 216 × 914.4 mm (8.5" × 36"); Min 12.7 × 12.7 mm

• Acceptable paper weight: 50 to 120 g/m²

• Handles plastic cards (non-embossed up to 0.76 mm, embossed up to 1.24 mm)

Connectivity

• USB 2.0 Type Mini-B

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

• TWAIN compliant for integration with document management systems

Design & Power

• Dimensions: 288.5 × 98 × 75 mm, weighs 1.3 kg — compact enough for a laptop bag

• 3 action buttons (PDF, BCR, Scan)

• Power supply: AC adapter 24 Vdc / 0.75 A

• Hardware requirements: 2.0 GHz CPU or higher, 4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB recommended)

Software & Compatibility

• Bundled Software: Plustek DocAction, Plustek DocTWAIN, Presto! BizCard

• Built-in OCR: Plustek OCR (Powered by ABBYY FineReader)

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

In the Box

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