Need to scan family photos, piles of documents, or expense receipts? Our experts have tested the best options for every scanning scenario.

Flatbed scanners let you scan an array of documents including photographs, loose documents and pages within a book as well as any item that can lay flat on the scanner's surface. The devices interface ...

This week's emails brought this one from a reader: "My wife and I are a couple staggering into our 80s, happy about our lives to date, but feel burdened by what to do with our 45 family photo albums.

It's new, not a refurb, but there is a rebate involved. While you're waiting, you can get moving on that paperless office you've wanted, archive old photos, and so on. Rick Broida is the author of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Scanners normally come in three flavors: flatbed, film and ...

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 for ...

For basic home use, multi-function printer-scanner devices have largely eclipsed standalone flatbed scanners. Flatbed scanners still provide superior performance for photographers, painters and anyone ...

MORRISTOWN -- Libraries across the country have been clamoring for a book scanner designed to copy historic books ever since the newly-designed technology made the rounds at library conferences this ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Even with online bill pay and digital camera rolls, paper still piles up around the average home.

I have one of Doxie’s neat candybar-shaped paper scanners, and it’s great for getting through piles of paper. I can scan bills, flyers, photos and even whole books – I ripped all the pages from a ...