Photo scanners can be faster than other options, such as flatbed scanners, and you don't need to use a computer to scan—while you're sitting in the living room watching a movie, you can convert ...

What if you need to do it on the cheap? A flatbed scanner would be perfect, but the lip on the edge of most flatbed scanners keeps the document from touching the platen properly. [Matthew] decided ...

The scan head is moved under the glass. Flatbed scanners often come with sheet feeders for scanning multiple sheets of paper rather than one at a time. Contrast with "sheet-fed scanner," which ...

plus sage advice for finding a document scanner that's right for you. I have been a technology journalist for 30-plus years and have covered just about every kind of computer gear—from the 386SX ...

Image scanners are devices that scan two-dimensional (2D) objects and convert them into digital images. They often use a charge-coupled device (CCD) or contact image sensor (CIS) as their ...