Published on Mar. 18, 2020
Last updated on Aug. 23, 2023
N6470 new OCR series were developed by NEC several years starting in 1987. The new OCR series were designed as the peripheral devices using a computer or workstation as the controller. Customer selection and system architecture flexibility were much improved due to the complete product line-up from the balancing viewpoint of consideration between performance, cost and cost-performance The following points are the series’major advantages.
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（1）N6370Um, announced in 1987 — the low speed model newly lined up as the low-priced but two-stacker installed OCR device, which sized the smallest in the industry
（2）N6370UX, announced in 1988 — the mid speed model developed from the installment standalone machine to the desktop peripheral device, by adopting high density LSI technologyfor the image-processing and the character-recognition hardware, which was the highest technology at that time
（3）N6370R50, announced in 1992 —the standard model, realizing handwritten kanji character recognition and expanding its business application region
（4）N6370R80, announced in 1997 — the high-speed model, realizing the desktop configuration with internal installment of kanji character recognition
（5）N6370Rs400, announced in 2000 — offering the first desktop OCR unit in the industry to achieve high speed processing quality of over 100 sheets per minute reading of A4 forms with 300 handwritten characters
| N6370Um | N6370UX | N6370R50 | N6370R80 | N6370Rs400 | |
| Read speeds (A4 form with 300 handwritten characters) | 4 sheets per minute | 12 sheets per minute | 20 sheets per minute | 62 sheets per minute | 115 sheets per minute |
| Hopper capacity | 200 sheets x 1 | 500 sheets x 1 | 500 sheets x 1 | 500 sheets x 1 | 500 sheets x 1 |
| Stacker capacity | 120 sheets x 1 40 sheets x 1 |
500 sheets x 1 |
500 sheets x 1 100 sheets x 1 |
500 sheets x 1 100 sheets x 1 |
500 sheets x 1 100 sheets x 1 |
| Scanner unit / recognition unit configuration |
All-in-one desktop | All-in-one desktop | Separate units | All-in-one desktop | All-in-one desktop |
| Weight [kilograms] | 29 | 60 | 89 for both units | 45 | 47 |
| Sales launch period | Dec. 1987 | June 1988 | Dec. 1992 | Feb. 1997 | Feb. 2000 |
Transitions in the external appearance of new N6370 OCR series models:
