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Design pros that want to be able to capture colors for use in their projects wherever they may be have a new device that will let them do just that called the Capsure from Pantone. The device is a handheld color scanner that will allow the user to capture colors from just about any surface including small items, patterns, and multi-colored textures as well as walls and carpets. Read The Full Story

Xerox has been a big name in office equipment for years and years. The company has introduced a cool new document scanner today called the DocuMate 3115. This thing is two scanners in one with a portable, mobile scanning unit and a docking station for the office. Read The Full Story

Z Corporation has unveiled its latest 3D scanner that claims to be the world's most affordable 3D scanner. It may well be the world's most affordable, but it is still hugely expensive with an MSRP of $28,900. The scanner is designed to capture 3D data and put the data into a computer. Read The Full Story

Plustek revealed the next flatbed scanner in their OpticBook line today called the A300. This scanner is in large format and is intended to be used to scan books or anything that's bound and normally difficult to fit on a regular scanner. This new scanner is capable of scanning 12 x 17-inch A3 pages. It can do so at a rate of 2.4 seconds and works with even very thick books. And for your convenience, your scans will convert to PDF automatically. It can adjust for the distortion caused by the curve of a book's spine and automatically convert scanned text into image files. You can get the OpticBook A300 soon, though pricing information is not yet available.