The Plustek OpticSlim 1180 is an A3 tabloid sized scanner designed for high quality scanning of Art photos scrapbooks genealogy research newspaper historical documents scrapbooks documents and other items up to 12 x 17 in size. OpticSlim 1180 includes four one-touch scan buttons to simplify and automate the most common scanning functions (i.e. scan OCR PDF and email). Bundled sSoftware includes image processing document management PDF creation highly accurate optical character recognition (OCR) and TWAIN driver. These features make it the ideal scanner for scrapbooking genealogy photo organizers photo scanning map scanning historical document scanning graphic designers publishing companies libraries schools small office/home office (SOHO) users and for those who require high quality large format scanning at a reasonable price.Large Format ScanningScanning of A3 tabloid size documents and graphics up to 1200 dpi make this scanner ideal for art scrapbooking photo scanning and genealogy!Compact designWith a sleek and compact design the OpticSlim 1180 uses less desktop and storage space than other A3 tabloid scanners.Easy to useFour one-touch buttons for performing pre-set jobs enables users to quickly: scan email OCR or create PDF files.LED Light SourceThe OpticSlim 1180s LED light source provides stable illumination that doesnt change from scan to scan or over the life of the scanner. This results in higher quality images and no warm-up time is needed.Environmentally Responsible and Energy-SavingThe OpticSlim 1180 meets ENERGY STAR standards and contributes to an environmentally-friendly and responsible work space.SoftwareBundled with simple-to-use image processing and document management tools fast and secure PDF conversion image organizer with thumbnail viewer and accurate OCR software.