Unlike most modern desktop scanners, which tend to be small and sleek, the Scanjet N8460 is a huge and far from elegant device. But then it's made that way for a reason. The reason being that ...

Technology is now advanced enough to have shrunk the traditional large-footprint scanner down to something that resembles the dimensions of a family-sized bar of Toblerone. Fujitsu has come up with something different with the ScanSnap S300, ...

Cheap desktop scanners are fine for the odd few documents here and there, but can't be shared on a network or cope with the demands of a document management system. For that you'll need something a ...

All-in-One printer/scanner/copier machines are all the rage at present, especially if you're trying to run a home office or small business on a fairly limited budget. However, the frustration for dedicated amateur and semi-pro photographers is ...

Flatbed scanners range from about £40 to several thousand pounds, so how does the technology improve as the price increases? The maximum resolution and colour depth of scans increases, facilities like transparency scanning come into play ...

Flatbed scanners don't sell in the numbers they used to, mainly because of the popularity of all-in-one devices, which put scan and print engines in the same box. For those who already have a printer they're ...

With the advent of digital camera memory cards and the all-in-one printer/scanner/copier/fax, you might think that the days of the humble stand-alone scanner have become numbered. However, there are still plenty of people who want to ...

As the latest innovation in photo printers is to move up from four colour cartridges to six, it was perhaps inevitable that the next technological advance for photo scanners was to reflect this change. So HP ...

Plustek's PL806 ADF scanner is part of the Smart Office series but is competitively priced enough to appeal to the home user as well. This dedicated document and photo scanner includes a 50-sheet ADF (automatic document ...

If you need to scan lots of documents day in, day out, you want a device that's not only up to the job but capable of doing all the hard work for you. Which is exactly ...

The latest CanoScan LiDE (LED Indirect Exposure) scanner is an upgrade of the 500F and is the first CIS (Contact Image Sensor) scanner to feature 4,800 x 9,600dpi optical resolution with 48-bit colour depth. This means ...

In an age when everything is digital, what do you do with all your old 35mm negatives, especially if the photos you originally printed of them have become damaged, lost or faded? Answer: you can either ...

When Fujitsu told us the ScanSnap S500 could scan 18 pages of A4 per minute, and convert them into PDF format at the push of a single button, we just had to try it for ourselves. ...

In these days of all-in-one printers that are capable of scanning, photocopying and printing high quality photo images, finding a decent stand-alone scanner that can successfully compete and appeal to camera enthusiasts is a tall order, ...

The Perfection 4490 Photo is one of Epson's mid-range scanners and represents a good all-round package of decent hardware and good software. It features a built-in transparency hood and comes with a range of holders for ...

With flatbed scanners starting at around £50, a first reaction to Xerox's DocuMate 262 is to ask how the company can charge £599 + VAT for it. This is a different breed of machine from your ...

Buying an efficient and good quality scanner when you're on a tight budget is always a bit of a juggling act, depending upon whether your priority is speed or detail of reproduction. The CanoScan 4200F was ...

If you are in the market for a portable flatbed scanner to accompany you on business trips then Canon's ultra-thin CanoScan LiDE 35 should be at or near the top of your list. Weighing in at ...

A scanner is an A4-sized gadget which sits on your desk and breaks the spine of any book you try to scan pages from, right? It's permanently connected to your PC and is too bulky to ...

Is a reliance on brand names a bad thing? It's an open discussion, but a case for the defence would surely be Epson scanners. Here's a product area where the firm has barely put a foot ...