Corex CardScan 500 Business Card Scanner USB Parallel 7.5VDC No AC Adapter

Corex CardScan 500 Business Card Scanner USB Parallel 7.5VDC No AC Adapter

The Corex CardScan 500 is a dedicated desktop business card scanner designed to digitize and organize contact information from standard business cards. It connects to a host PC via USB or parallel port and works with CardScan software to perform optical character recognition (OCR), automatically extracting names, phone numbers, addresses, and email addresses from scanned cards into a searchable contact database.

Specifications & What's Included

• Brand: Corex Technologies
• Model: CardScan 500
• Input Voltage: 7.5 VDC, 1.2 Amps (AC adapter required — NOT included)
• Interface: USB (Type-B) and Dual Parallel (DB25) — Printer and Computer ports
• Form Factor: Desktop
• Color: Dark gray
• Certifications: UL Listed (E205320)
• Country of Manufacture: China
• Included: Scanner unit only — no AC adapter, no software, no cables

Applications

The CardScan 500 was produced by Corex Technologies in the late 1990s and early 2000s, during the era when dedicated business card scanners were a common office tool for contact management before smartphones took over the role. It connects to Windows-based PCs and relies on the CardScan software suite to process scanned cards via OCR, exporting contacts to programs like Outlook, ACT!, and Lotus Organizer. The dual-interface design — both USB and parallel port — made it compatible with a wide range of PCs from that period, from legacy systems with parallel ports to newer USB-equipped machines. Today these units are primarily of interest to legacy software users, vintage computing enthusiasts, and anyone maintaining older contact management workflows.