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Questions tagged [scanner]

For questions about physical-digital transcoders. These often interface with a computer.

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Hardware that can scan double-sided paper documents into individual PDF files

I have over 300 paper documents. Some are single-sided and many are double-sided. I need to scan them into individual PDF files, with each file containing all the pages for each document (and only those pages). I need to get this done quickly and…
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Looking for a Hand (Wand) Scanner

The local county has delicate, aging documents that we would like to digitize for preservation and archival. Mostly things like building plans and public records books. Many of these are either too large or too fragile to feed through document…
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Document Scanner with specific modes

We are in search for a business document scanner with following scan options, all done over a ADF. Simplex: front side Duplex: front and back side Simplex scan of every sheet to its own PDF. Simplex scan of all sheets to one PDF. Duplex scan of…
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Is there affordable hardware to scan plastic models and reveal their internal structure?

I know, there are medical scanners which can do that with ultrasound, but this equipment if awfully expensive. I’m looking for something much cheaper, say, under $500 and it does not have to be off-the-shelve. I'm equally interested in components…
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Looking for a receipt scanner than can continuously scan a receipt of any length

I'm looking for a receipt scanner which can scan very long receipts (up to 30 feet long) and produce a single image or PDF. Ideally it would have Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce a PDF with the text information (for example, you would…
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portable hand scanner works with ipad (for eldery person)

I want to help an eldery man (>70) who wants to send scans of his incoming mail to his son. I'm thinking of an hand scanner (something like: https://www.amazon.de/Easypix-Easy-scan-A4-Scanner-schwarz/dp/B0038JQIF6). A desktop scanner is not an…
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What Types of Glass Are Used with Flatbed Scanners? (And are there good scratch-resistant options?)

So, I'm actually really surprised that I can't find anything on Google about this subject, so maybe I'm asking the wrong questions or maybe there really just isn't a lot of information out there on this subject, but I need to know if there are…
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How to check the actual image (quality) of a document scanner before buying it?

I want to buy a scanner. My old one stopped working and I bought another one 6 months ago but it makes the images lossy/pixelated. But my problem is that I don't want to buy another scanner without knowing for sure that the quality is what I'm…
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Scanner with Consistent Color

I want to buy a flatbed scanner in the US. I have an ongoing need to scan many large rigid items, and compare colors between scans. This is my criteria: Consistent color, brightness, contrast etc. between scans. (I will elaborate below, see…
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Programmable QR scanner is needed

I am new in hardware so I hope this is the right place to ask such questions. For one of my software projects, I want to add a QR scanner that able to makes POST requests to the server over WIFI. It has to be programmable because only specific…
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Device to quickly and cheaply scan checks

I work for a non-profit in Europe that receives a lot of donations by check. For our fiscal records, we want to keep a scan of each check that comes in but with something that doesn't obstruct our workflow. Any suggestions? For example, I thought of…
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Two sided paper scans with Epson WorkForce ES-400

Below is a video of a paper scanner, that scans paper that has print on both sides. See the very beginning of the video. However, I am unable to figure out how to scan both sides of the paper using the scanner buttons themselves. Does anyone know…
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Professional scanner for photos with feeder

What would be a good option to digitize a historic photo archive (both paper and negatives)? Price is not a constraint, but there's only one person to take care of the process, so it has to be as automatic as possible.
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Which brand should I go with if I want to scan my artworks?

I've shortlisted 3 entry level scanners of my budget. Epson Perfection V39 Canon LIDE 400 Canon Canoscan LIDE 400 I'm not really sure if LIDE 400 and Canoscan LIDE 400 are same or different, but I couldn't find any difference other than dimensions…
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