Scanners

The paperless office is a nice sentiment, but there are professions that are slow to evolve from creating reams of paper on a regular basis - law, estate agents, and medicine, to name a few. For mobile professionals looking for a way to manage paper...

15 expert reviews | 722 user reviews

The Fujitsu fi-6130Z is a reliable scanner, and for those with conventional needs, the ScandAll Pro front-end will make scanning a simple process. The Canon DR-M160, though, has a more compact and robust design, and fares a little better on speed and...

6 expert reviews | 383 user reviews

Bottom Line: The Panasonic KV-S1026C-MKII is a relatively fast and highly accurate entry-level desktop document scanner; all it really needs is a lower price.

2 expert reviews | 2 user reviews

Conclusion The Fujitsu fi-7160 is a capable document scanner, and has a slew of features to help improve scan quality. It is well worth considering by a small to midsize business or busy workgroup looking for a scanner that can scan documents quickly...

2 expert reviews | 173 user reviews

The Kodak Scanmate i1150 is powerful and easy to use. Results are smooth and the quality is good. For many serious businesses, the price tag won't be much of an issue given the stunning performance. Whether you're feeding in 200+ page bundles, or...

5 expert reviews | 3 user reviews

More scanner reviews: • HP ScanJet Pro 4500 fn1 Network Scanner• Epson Expression 12000XL Graphic Arts Scanner• IRIScan Book 5 WiFi• Epson Workforce ES-200 Portable Duplex Document Scanner• Epson Workforce ES-300W Portable Wireless Duplex Document...

7 expert reviews | 4827 user reviews

With respectable scan times, flawless (if dated looking) software, decent scan speeds, and the best looking colour scans we’ve seen from a document scanner, the Epson Workforce Pro GT-S50 is one of the better document scanners available.

8 expert reviews | 1397 user reviews

The Canon DR-M1060 does lack a few of the more advanced features (direct network support, barcode detection as standard) that you might get from the highest end models. However, those do tend to be considerably more expensive again. For larger...

2 expert reviews

As I’ve pointed out in other reviews, scan speed for manual feed scanners is not usually an issue, since the actual speed depends largely on how fast you can manually feed the paper. This general rule also applies to the RoadWarrior 3, but I found that...

2 expert reviews

IRIScan’s rodent glides smoothly in use thanks to two Teflon pads on its base. Sandwiched between these you’ll also find the laser sensor and scanner window. Though the mouse itself is ambidextrous, the left-oriented scan button obviously doesn’t...

9 expert reviews | 72 user reviews

Overall this is a flawed device that scans well, and is portable, but is also quite expensive and has some installation issues.

7 expert reviews | 133 user reviews

As with most document scanners, the 5000 s2 offers 600 pixel-per-inch (ppi) optical resolution, which is far higher than you need for most purposes. HP’s 25 ppm and 50 ipm rating is for color, grayscale, and black and white at 300 ppi. For my tests I...

3 expert reviews | 20 user reviews

The IRIScan seems like a great package... until you actually start using it

2 expert reviews

Brilliant for the purpose I brought it, however may need to upgrade, will definitely use the same company who produce this product because of their service.

2 expert reviews | 9 user reviews

The Canon CanoScan 8800F provides consumers with a solution for all photo archiving needs with the ability to scan up to twelve 35mm slides or negatives at a time, along with standard documents and images. The maximum optical resolution is 4800x9600...

21 expert reviews | 1429 user reviews

This lightweight portable scanner makes sense for business users on the road, but it's a niche product.

7 expert reviews | 58 user reviews

More scanner reviews: • HP ScanJet Pro 4500 fn1 Network Scanner• Epson Expression 12000XL Graphic Arts Scanner• IRIScan Book 5 WiFi• Epson Workforce ES-200 Portable Duplex Document Scanner• Epson Workforce ES-300W Portable Wireless Duplex Document...

4 expert reviews | 61 user reviews

When a run-of-the-mill flatbed just doesn't cut it, is this the scanner you should turn to?

5 expert reviews | 18 user reviews

On top are two buttons, one for power and the other to select between scan types: photo, mono document and colour document, which each have blue indicator leds. All three lights flash together to show error conditions, like not having an SD card...

4 expert reviews

The Canoscan 9000F Mark II is clearly over-specified for regular office or creative work, but it’s ideal if you have lots of film to scan and you need the best possible quality. It wins our Ultimate award.

19 expert reviews | 1270 user reviews

If you need a scanner just to digitise your old holiday snaps or keep on top of household paperwork, there's little point in splashing out on an expensive model with the best image quality and fastest performance, especially when cheap scanners are so...

7 expert reviews | 704 user reviews

Canon's ImageFORMULA P-208 is a neat, USB-powered, portable scanner, with optional wireless connection. Strangely, no OCR software, though.

10 expert reviews | 206 user reviews

The frog-tongue keeps newly-ejected shots out of direct light while they develop

2 expert reviews | 3 user reviews

The Plustek 7600i SE is a well designed, solidly made and easy to use film scanner that strikes a good balance between affordability and performance. The QuickScan features is ideal for digitising snapshots, and the SilverFast software is easy to use...

15 expert reviews | 164 user reviews

A useful and highly portable document scanner with good OCR software, but we're not convinced it needs Wi-Fi

6 expert reviews | 438 user reviews