I've been wondering the same thing. I bought the HP capshares a couple of years ago and have been very happy with them. The first one cost me $750 but paid for itself the first month in saved copy cost.

HP stopped making the Capshare in 2000. I really can't imagine why or why they have never come out with a newer version. They only produced about 25,000 and test marketed to the fortune 500 companies. Originally they sold for $395. Maybe these companies just didn't have a need. The only place I know where you can still find them is on Ebay. I've seen them sell there for as much as $1500. Today, Ebay is offering seven units (used and new). One buy it now item is offered for $850.

We dropped one of these little treasures a year and a half ago. The damage was minimal. The optical glass was chipped and resulted in an line on the copies. I managed to find a company in Rhode Island that repairs them. It's as good as new now. The technician told me the most common failure for the capshare was in the membrane buttons.

I looked at the Docupen before deciding on the much more expensive used capshare. What worried me then was the non-rechargeable batteries and the fact their was no way to see what was copied until the copies are uploaded to a computer. Planon has addressed the first problem now with a lithium batteries that can be recharged through the USB cable. Seeing what you have copied still isn't possible but they have added some LED's to indicate a successful scan. The Docupen is using today's more efficient storage capabilities and stores up to a hundred pages while the Capshare is limited to about fifty.

I still wouldn't take for my capshares but I have been considering buying a Docupen as a backup. I could have paid for a Docupen with just what I spent having the Capshare repaired when we dropped it. I just keep hoping HP will re-introduce the Capshare.