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 ...

A scanner that provides a flat, glass surface to hold a sheet of paper, book or other object for scanning. The scan head is moved under the glass. Flatbed scanners often come with sheet feeders ...

When choosing a document scanner, critical factors such as the type of scanner (flatbed, sheet-fed, or portable), scan quality (measured in DPI or dots per inch), speed (pages per minute ...

One final point of consideration is the type of scanner you have, and there are broadly two categories: sheet-fed and flatbed ...

Scanner sizes vary widely depending on type, and you’ll need a dedicated space for whichever model you choose. Flatbed scanners are typically about the size of a few large coffee table books ...

Paper handling for scanning is typical for the price, with a flatbed plus a 20-page ADF for simplex (one-sided) scanning at up to legal size. Most important, the MFC-J4335DW delivered snappy ...