Financially struggling college boys probably have had photocopied textbooks that might otherwise have cost upwards $100 each. However, nearly all the photocopied versions share the same problem of having distorted lines at the protruding binding edge. The problem is even worse for photocopies from hardcover books.

This is where Plustek OpticBook 4600 book scanner comes in; the company's SEE (you don't have to worry about the acronyms) combines a patented lamp light with a special edge design that allows scans right up to where the book spine is.

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