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Document scanners

Document scanners are used to scan documents to a computer. The scanned document is then saved as an image (jpeg or jpg picture) onto disk drive, CD, DVD or to a server. A scanned document can also be printed or emailed to other users.

Hand-hand document scanner

A handheld document scanner is portable and can be carried around. The user would place the scanner on the page and move it down manually. The quality is good but the process is slow and is not recommended for daily use.

Flatbed scanner

Flatbed scanners are good for scanning individual pages, some flat bad scanners have Automatic Document Feeders (ADF) which would enable a user to scan several pages, saving time.

ADF (Automatic Document Feeders)

Automatic Document Feeders allows a user to place several loose pages into the scanner and scan all the documents in a single operation.

Film and Slide Scanners

Film scanners allows user to scan films and slides. Some scanners offer additional features such as grain reduction, colour restoration and dust removal.

High speed scanners

Standard document scanners are slow, for high performance and volume work, a high speed document scanner is required

Large page scanners

For very large page scanning, a large page scanner is required. A3 scanners are available and may include features such as full-duplex, where the pages may be scanned on both sides.