Alaris Kodak i5850 | The Usain Bolt of document scanners!

Alaris Kodak i5850 Datasheet Explained

With the Alaris Kodak i5850 you can scan a dimmension of 11.69 in x 16.54 in.

A scanner such as the Alaris Kodak i5850, achieves an optical resolution of 600.

A scanner like this, is working using a CCD sensor.

To make sure data goes through quickly, such a scanning equipment is connected using USB 2.0.

You can reach scanning speeds of 210 Sheets per minute in simplex mode.

If you try the duplex scanning mode, 420 Documents per minute in duplex mode should be possible in optimum conditions

Scanning 200,000 pages is what the manufacturers claims to this scanners daily Duty cycle.

Regarding the driver interface , you will see that the device works on Twain, ISIS and WIA.

If one has to replace rollers, then probably they have gone through about 600.000 sheets.

Specs for paper handling

Unlike your average multifunction, this machine uses Overlap detection (Triple Ultrasonic sensor), Length detection to prevent it from double feeding pages.

If you are wondering what the Size of the ADF is, well we can tell you that it is around 750.

This Alaris Kodak i5850 scanner, will scan a maximum Document Weight of 9 to 110 lb..

It’s good news that the Alaris Kodak i5850 has a long page feature, and it will scan 208.66 in in document size.

Alaris Kodak i5850 accesories unboxing

The scanner has a dimmension of 27 x 32 x 32 inches.

The Alaris Kodak i5850 has a weight of about 84.5 lbs. This mass doesn’t include any optional that can be fitted to the equipment.

Features for Productivity

The Automatic Cropping is a setting that still amazes me today. It works very well with the Alaris Kodak i5850 scanner.

You should use the Auto Image Rotate for non specific orientation. The Alaris Kodak i5850 has such a setting and you can set it up in the driver.

Regarding Auto Color , we could not imagine the Alaris Kodak i5850 not having it and use not using it.

When was the last time you had to remove blank pages manually? The Alaris Kodak i5850 will do this automatically, when you use the White page detection function.

The Alaris Kodak i5850 can proccess documents in different settings in a single job. This is done through the Dual stream scanning option.

Quality of images

With the Alaris Kodak i5850 you can expect perfectly clean documents. Just enable the Background Smoothing and let it do its magic.

With the Image Edge Fill on the Alaris Kodak i5850 scanner, your scanned images will look better than your paper documents

Can you trust the Deskew document totally? Maybe not, but on the Alaris Kodak i5850 it will work perfectly most of the time.

For standard documents, I always have the Perforated Page Correction setting turned on in the driver.

Should you have the Vertical Streaks Reduction function always turned on? Especially for text documents I recommend you leave it on.

Extra Features

How good is the Alaris Kodak i5850 for crumpled documents? Just turn on the Feeding Paper by Hand and check for yourself!

I’ve started indexing through Barcode Detection for some time now, most often using QR codes. This scanner has Barcode Detection , but check if it’s optional or standard.

Automatic Separation of Documents is one of those features I really like playing with. Currently, for Automatic Separation of Documents I still find patch codes reliable.

An Optical Character Reading is standard with this scanner, as you would expect.

Field Indexing is easy to use and is a standard feature with the Alaris Kodak i5850.

Alaris Kodak i5850 driver, manual & brochure

If you are looking for drivers for Windows/Mac for the device, it’s on this page.

Some more information on how to use this equipment, you can check out the manual on this website.

The official product brochure is here.

Alaris Kodak i5850 vs Alaris Kodak i5650

	Alaris Kodak i5850	Alaris Kodak i5650
Sheets per minute	210	180
Images per minute	420	360
Dimensions	27 x 32 x 32 inches	27 x 17 x 17 inches
Weight	84.5 lbs	127 lbs
Price	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

If we look at capture area, these scanners can capture the same area of Alaris Kodak i5650.

Both the Alaris Kodak i5850 and the Alaris Kodak i5650 function with CCD sensor.

When converting sheets that are longer, you will see that the Alaris Kodak i5850 and the Alaris Kodak i5650, are the same at 208.66 in.

As a user, you will be delighted to find out that both document scanners have the same network connection ports with USB 2.0.

When looking at scanning speed, the Alaris Kodak i5850 can digitize at 210 sheets in one minute meanwhile the other scanning machine can only reach 180 ppm.

Read the full review of the Alaris Kodak i5650