Scanner Reviews

HP's Scanjet 300 is a neat little scanner with good optical resolution.

2 expert reviews | 150 user reviews

Works great. I have scanned about 2000 35 mm slides so far and still have another 1000 to go. I am saving the scanned images to an SD card and will edit them on my computer.

392 user reviews

Canon's latest high speed scanner, the imageFORMULA DR-C125W, is its first desktop scanner to incorporate Wi-Fi and designed to connect to any desktop or portable device. It also boasts a small footprint and a maximum throughput of 25 pages per minute.

1 expert reviews | 25 user reviews

excellent product

18 user reviews

The Canon CanoScan 3000ex offers basic scanning at up to 1,200 pixels per inch (ppi) optical resolution, with credible scan quality and performance. Its relatively low ratings for photos and OCR reflect a lack of such niceties as an ADF or digital...

11 expert reviews | 189 user reviews

The Avision MiWand 2 Wi-Fi scanner is a hand held scanner that can help you experience the power of a scanner while on the move. The scanner weights around 250g so is lightweight enough to carry around while on the move without it becoming cumbersome....

3 expert reviews | 11 user reviews

The Epson Perfection 3170 Photo ($200 street) is a nicely designed unit that will appeal to users who scan regularly. That's because it's the largest, heaviest, and fastest unit in our roundup—and it produced the best OCR and photo scans as well. It...

13 expert reviews | 203 user reviews

Although it is not perfect, it will considerably cost you less time to summarize a text for example. Even if you have highlighted already with a piece of text with a yellow highlighter it will read the text 9 out of 10 times. It worked beyond my...

51 user reviews

The Xerox DocuMate 3220 is an entry-level scanner for personal, micro-office, or small workgroup use at a good price for what it offers. Its speed is in line with its price, and it offers a flatbed to boot. It should be a good fit for sole proprietors...

3 expert reviews | 21 user reviews

One of the keys to Apple's remarkable success with their iOS devices is the fact that they control both the hardware and the software side of things. Good software is nice to have. So is nice hardware. But when you put the two together; when the...

5 expert reviews | 85 user reviews

The scanner only works with certain operating systems and that could cause a problem.

11 expert reviews | 289 user reviews

HAS BEEN VERY EFFICIENT IN COPYING SLIDES THAT HAVE BEEN IN STORAGE FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS.

122 user reviews

If you're looking for a scanner to handle business cards or expense receipts, this is obviously the wrong choice. The Visioneer Mobility in particular handles business cards well, which is one of the reasons it's the Editors' Choice. However, if what...

1 expert reviews | 76 user reviews

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6 expert reviews | 73 user reviews

I have just bought this scanner as I obviously want to digitise my old negatives. The scanner arrived this morning well packaged and in reasonably prompt fashion (given that it ships from Germany). There are a couple of things that I believe people...

152 user reviews

I purchased this scanner to digitize thousands of ethnographic research 35mm slides and negatives taken in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. The quality of the scans are very acceptable when using auto settings, but I have started using Silverlight. At first I...

6 expert reviews | 112 user reviews

A legal-size scan bed and optional (but expensive) document feeder make HP's Scanjet 8200 a suitable choice for business users.

9 expert reviews | 44 user reviews

Disappointing quality and lacklustre software made our experience with the Mustek BearPaw scanner an incredibly forgettable one.

3 expert reviews | 16 user reviews

Between the Epson and Fujitsu models, the Fujitsu iX100 offers somewhat better text recognition and document management capability, and it's also smaller and lighter—a set of features that keeps it firmly in place as our Editors' Choice. However, the...

1 expert reviews | 257 user reviews

It scans. Setup was a snap

65 user reviews

The bland-looking Plustek AD450 may be slow and bulky, but it will scan ID badges and credit cards, which a lot of other portable scanners...

7 expert reviews | 8 user reviews

Kyron Timbs is a 14-year-old from Western Australia whose life revolves around Apple.

3 expert reviews | 6 user reviews

As with the SimpleScan SP, the SimpleScan DP is obviously the wrong choice if you want a scanner that comes with application programs that let you process and manage scanned files on your own system. The limits on some features, like how many documents...

2 expert reviews

If you want a scanner that lets you scan without connecting to the Web, and also comes with software to let you process and manage the scanned files on your own system, the SimpleScan SP clearly isn't in the running. But if you're entirely comfortable...

2 expert reviews

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5 expert reviews | 1 user reviews