12 best scanners

In recent years, dig­i­tal copies of doc­u­ments have become increas­ing­ly pop­u­lar, which a scan­ner will help to make. There are a large num­ber of mod­els from dif­fer­ent man­u­fac­tur­ers on the mar­ket, so the choice is often dif­fi­cult. Below are the top 12 scan­ners and tips for buy­ing them.

How to choose a good scanner

There are sev­er­al cri­te­ria that affect the qual­i­ty of a scan­ner. How to choose a good mod­el for them is described below.

Type of

Today there are four types of scan­ners that are most in demand.

1. Tablet. The most com­mon type, where a doc­u­ment is placed on a glass sur­face, and a light strip is locat­ed below it. Due to this, the text or image is dig­i­tized. Such scan­ners are suit­able for large vol­umes of work and any doc­u­ments.
2. Draw­string. This device is sim­i­lar in prin­ci­ple to print­ers. Scan­ning is car­ried out inside the scan­ner. One sheet is scanned in one pro­ce­dure, and not all paper can be scanned in this way, which makes them not very ver­sa­tile.
3. slide scan­ner. This is a kind of pro­fes­sion­al mod­els that are used by pho­tog­ra­phers and design­ers to scan slides or film.
4. hand scan­ners. These are com­pact devices that you can car­ry around and use offline, but the qual­i­ty of doc­u­ments on them is rather mediocre.

Permission

With per­mis­sion, every­thing is quite sim­ple. The high­er it is, the bet­ter the result, but chas­ing the mod­el with the high­est res­o­lu­tion may not be prac­ti­cal, since what needs to be scanned is also impor­tant.

If you plan to work with text, then a mod­el with a res­o­lu­tion of 600 * 600 pix­els will suf­fice. For ama­teur pho­tographs or texts where pic­tures are found, it is worth buy­ing a mod­el of 1200 * 1200 pix­els. For pro­fes­sion­al pho­tos, you need 2400*2400, if you need to dig­i­tize pho­tos or oth­er com­plex images where detail is impor­tant, you should choose a 3600*3600 scan­ner.

Sensor

The scan­ner’s sen­sor is impor­tant. It is he who is respon­si­ble for pro­cess­ing the light sig­nal and con­vert­ing it into a dig­i­tal image. There are two types of sen­sor in total:

1. CIS is an inex­pen­sive sen­sor used in afford­able devices. Usu­al­ly they are light and easy to use, but these sen­sors have a shal­low depth of field, and there­fore, if the lid is loose, the qual­i­ty of the dig­i­tal copy is mediocre.
2. CCD sen­sors are used in pro­fes­sion­al mod­els. They are a microchip with an opti­cal sys­tem. Because of this, they are large, which affects the dimen­sions of the scan­ner itself. In addi­tion, they are heavy, noisy and quite expen­sive. But as an advan­tage, users with their help get a high-qual­i­ty image with high detail and accu­rate col­or repro­duc­tion.

Tablet

The rat­ing of scan­ners will be opened by tablet mod­els that are suit­able for solv­ing basic tasks in an office or at home.

1. Canon CanoScan LiDE 400

A cheap and reli­able scan­ner for home use can be offered by Canon to cus­tomers. The mod­el is equipped with a CIS sen­sor, con­nects to a PC via USB‑C and is com­pat­i­ble with Win­dows and MacOS. This scan­ner has a high res­o­lu­tion of 4800×4800 dpi and a col­or depth of 48 bits. The mod­el is light and com­pact, pow­ered direct­ly from a PC, saves scanned files in PDF for­mat. A4 sheets are scanned at 8 sec­onds per page, while a 15*10 col­or pho­to takes 4 sec­onds.

Advan­tages:

• mod­ern USB‑C inter­face;
• a high res­o­lu­tion;
• Pow­ered by USB, so you don’t need to plug it into a pow­er out­let.

Flaws:

• not detect­ed.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Ivan — Weight, dimen­sions
— More or less smart soft­ware (the scan­ner itself cuts the pho­tos that I scan in one go and pret­ty well)
— You can put it ver­ti­cal­ly on a stand, but I still don’t under­stand why this is and how to scan then

den smetanyuk Ver­ti­cal arrange­ment, takes up lit­tle space.
The pres­ence of func­tion­al but­tons.

2. Epson Perfection V19

Epson’s flatbed pho­to scan­ner isn’t cheap, but the qual­i­ty is excel­lent. Its res­o­lu­tion is 4800*4800, speed — one A4 in 10 sec­onds, col­or depth — 48 bits. The sen­sor and it uses the CIS type. Files can be saved in JPEG, PDF, TIFF for­mats. The mod­el is com­pact and light­weight. The con­nec­tion is via microUSB, and thanks to the built-in stand it can be used in ver­ti­cal mode.

Advan­tages:

• remov­able cov­er;
• a high res­o­lu­tion;
• ver­ti­cal arrange­ment;
• pow­ered by USB.

Flaws:

• slow;
• expen­sive.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Oleg There were sev­er­al oth­er scan­ners of this type in the war­ran­ty work­shop. Every­one has the same prob­lem. The car­riage clings to the wires. It unfolds across the scan­ning direc­tion.

Dmit­ry E. I bought an Epson 1620 to replace it. Not dis­ap­point­ed. Great choice for home and home office. I scan all the time, most­ly doc­u­ments. For the pho­to I don’t know how, until you need it.

3. Epson WorkForce DS-1630

This office scan­ner pro­vides 1200*1200 pix­el qual­i­ty, and its pro­duc­tiv­i­ty is 10 sheets per minute for col­or doc­u­ments and 20 for black/white. It has an auto paper feed func­tion and duplex scan­ning. Fin­ished files can be saved in JPEG, TIFF, TIFF, PDF, PDF for­mats. It con­nects via USB‑A, com­pat­i­bil­i­ty is declared with Win­dows and MacOS, the sen­sor used is CIS.

Advan­tages:

• auto­mat­ic fil­ing of doc­u­ments;
• duplex scan­ning.

Flaws:

• short con­nec­tion cable;
• expen­sive.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Name hid­den There are no com­plaints about the func­tion­al­i­ty, but the ease of use is very large.

Vladimir Mokhov Com­pact, good speed, there are two-sided, and also in-line scan­ning

lingering

Roll-through scan­ners are a great option for pro­fes­sion­al use when large vol­umes of doc­u­ments need to be scanned. The best mod­els of this type are pre­sent­ed below.

1.Canon P‑215II

The Canon P‑215II Roll-Through Scan­ner is a portable, USB-pow­ered mod­el with a small foot­print. It is com­pat­i­ble with Win­dows and MacOS, deliv­ers 600*600 dot qual­i­ty, and deliv­ers 30 sheets per minute. The mod­el has aut­ofeed up to 20 A4 sheets, although it can also scan ID cards and embossed cards.

Advan­tages:

• mobil­i­ty;
• high per­for­mance;
• auto­mat­ic sub­mis­sion of doc­u­ments.

Flaws:

• expen­sive;
• some­times grabs two sheets at once.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Dmit­ry P. Oper­ates from USB with­out exter­nal pow­er sup­ply. Duplex scan­ning. B/W scans quite quick­ly, a two-sided scan is done in one pass and no longer than a one-sided one.

Dmit­ry S. Every­thing is fine, except for one draw­back that cross­es every­thing out (see below)

2.Canon imageFORMULA P‑208II

An excel­lent 8ppm CIS pow­ered scan­ner with USB pow­er. The device is com­pat­i­ble with appli­ances on Win­dows and macOS, allows you to scan not only doc­u­ments, but also embossed cards or pho­tos.

Advan­tages:

• ultra-com­pact dimen­sions;
• pow­ered by USB;

Flaws:

• slow.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Alexan­der Vasiliev Small, scans quick­ly and qui­et­ly, has aut­ofeed, dou­ble-sided scan­ning, opens — can be cleaned, turns off when the front cov­er is closed

Andrey Zhuk Com­pact
When scan­ning, it auto­mat­i­cal­ly deter­mines the text, if it is on both sides, it scans it from two and makes each side a sep­a­rate file.

3. Kodak ScanMate i940

The aut­ofeed scan­ner with CIS type sen­sor con­nects to the equip­ment via USB and is only com­pat­i­ble with Win­dows. In col­or, pro­duc­tiv­i­ty is 30 images per minute, mono­chrome prints per minute, you can get 40 pages. Sav­ing the result is pos­si­ble in TIFF, JPEG, RTF, BMP. Capac­i­ty for doc­u­ments it is designed for 20 sheets.

Advan­tages:

• com­pact;
• auto­mat­ic sheet feed­ing;
• high per­for­mance.

Flaws:

• non-work­ing soft­ware.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Andrei Valerievich S. Great scan­ner for A4 doc­u­ments. Despite its com­pact size, it is very func­tion­al. The 20-sheet tray and 20 ppm speed are accept­able spec­i­fi­ca­tions for small office or home use.

Alexan­der It costs a lot, an unre­al­is­tic bum­mer that does not work with mac

With autofeed

For those who often scan a large num­ber of doc­u­ments, a device with an auto­mat­ic sheet feed­er is a good solu­tion. The best of them are pre­sent­ed below.

1. HP ScanJet Pro 2500 f1

This scan­ner is equipped with a CIS sen­sor, is con­nect­ed with a USB cable and receives pow­er through it. Device com­pat­i­bil­i­ty – Win­dows and MacOS. The res­o­lu­tion is 1200*1200 dots, the speed is 40 pages per minute. The mod­el has a col­or depth of 48 bits, a two-sided sheet feed­ing sys­tem, and elec­tron­i­cal­ly files can be saved in PDF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, RTF and PDF.

Advan­tages:

• small;
• quick.

Flaws:

• sheet feed is mediocre.

Cus­tomer Reviews

anton gray Fair­ly com­pact
The qual­i­ty of the scans is quite good for our pur­pos­es.

User delet­ed I would nev­er have thought that HP could do so bad­ly. One gets the impres­sion that the device is very raw and unfin­ished.
The price for THIS is also very doubt­ful. Had I known that there would be such prob­lems, it would be bet­ter not to take it.

2. HP ScanJet 5590

Mod­el with aut­ofeed, CCD sen­sor and the abil­i­ty to scan films or slides. The device con­nects with a USB cable and is com­pat­i­ble with Win­dows, Lin­ux and MacOS. The res­o­lu­tion is 2400 * 2400 dots, the scan­ning speed is 36 sec­onds for black and white text and 28 sec­onds for pho­tos 10 * 15 cm. Aut­ofeed is designed for 50 sheets, fin­ished doc­u­ments are saved in BMP, JPEG, TIFF, TIFF, PNG, PCX, PDF.

Advan­tages:

• quick;
• mul­ti­func­tion­al;
• com­fort­able.

Flaws:

• bulky.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Sergey S. Are they still being sold? Hor­ror! Mod­el 2006. Here he climbed — from the bot­tom of prod­uct chi­na, on the cov­er above the scan­ning glass of prod­uct sin­ga­pore. This is HP non­sense.

Artem I. Great device, scans great, fast. Threw many pages at once and for­ward.

3. HP ScanJet Pro 4500 fn1

Tablet-type mod­el with 1 GB built-in mem­o­ry, USB or Eth­er­net wired con­nec­tion, and wire­less net­work­ing. Com­pat­i­bil­i­ty is declared with MacOS and Win­dows. This device has a CIS sen­sor that can scan with a max­i­mum res­o­lu­tion of 1200*1200 dots. Col­or depth — 24 bits, speed — 60 images per minute. Scan­ning of sheets in the mod­el is one-sided, the capac­i­ty for auto­mat­ic feed­ing holds 50 sheets. Doc­u­ments are saved in PDF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, RTF for­mat.

Advan­tages:

• high speed;
• con­nec­tion to a local net­work;
• aut­ofeed.

Flaws:

• very expen­sive;
• not repairable;
• quick­ly fails.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Kukry N. Excel­lent hard­ware, good qual­i­ty and scan­ning speed

Dmit­ry Func­tion­al­i­ty, speed. But for the mon­ey, noth­ing out of the ordi­nary.

slide scanners

Slide scan­ners are devices designed specif­i­cal­ly for scan­ning pho­to­graph­ic film. Giv­en that film pho­tog­ra­phy is expe­ri­enc­ing a renais­sance, these scan­ners have regained pop­u­lar­i­ty, and the best of them are pre­sent­ed below.

1. Plustek Optic Film 8100

This mod­el is equipped with a CCD sen­sor, con­nects via USB to appli­ances on Win­dows or MacOS. The device stores 48 bits of col­or infor­ma­tion and scans at a res­o­lu­tion of 7200*7200 dots. For con­ve­nience, a set of frames for fix­ing the film is includ­ed in the pack­age.

Advan­tages:

• very high res­o­lu­tion;
• pow­ered by USB.

Flaws:

• man­u­al broach;
• slow work — 8 min­utes per frame.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Name hid­den Excel­lent scan qual­i­ty — real opti­cal res­o­lu­tion of 3800 ppi. Much bet­ter than flatbeds, which, how­ev­er, scan medi­um (and some­times large) for­mat, and just a lit­tle less than the top Nikon with 4000 ppi.

Com­pact, easy to store in a draw­er when not in use.

Alex­ey Didenko I didn’t real­ly have a choice, either a tablet or a plus­tek.

2. ESPADA QPix MDFC 1400

The afford­able film scan­ner has a CMOS type sen­sor, con­nects via USB and sup­ports iOS and Win­dows devices. Its res­o­lu­tion is 3200*4000 dots, it takes 3 sec­onds for one frame. The col­or depth of the mod­el is 32 bits, the result is saved in JPEG.

Advan­tages:

• acces­si­ble;
• high speed;
• USB con­nec­tion.

Flaws:

• res­o­lu­tion is not too high for film.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Sergey K. Scan speed
Scan Qual­i­ty
com­pact­ness
auton­o­my
Roll film scan­ning
Embed­ded Screen Pre­view
Con­nect­ing to a com­put­er as a stor­age device

Yuri Glazkov Easy to use, frames includ­ed, scans well and quick­ly, nor­mal col­or repro­duc­tion (cus­tomiz­able).

Handheld portable scanner

The hand­held portable scan­ner will close the rat­ing, which will appeal to those who are often on the road and have to work with doc­u­ments at the same time.

1.ESPADA iScan A4

A minia­ture device designed to work with A4 for­mat. It is equipped with a CIS sen­sor and uses USB to syn­chro­nize with appli­ances on Win­dows and MacOS. The mod­el demon­strates the qual­i­ty of 900*900 dots, its per­for­mance is 12 sec­onds per sheet. You can save the result in JPG and PDF for­mat. For portable use, the scan­ner can be pow­ered by two AA bat­ter­ies.

Advan­tages:

• cheap;
• Runs on USB or bat­ter­ies.

Flaws:

• not very con­ve­nient to use.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Vladimir It does­n’t mat­ter Every­thing works flaw­less­ly, the prod­uct is worth its mon­ey

Alexan­dra. I liked the idea of ​​cre­at­ing a portable scan­ner.