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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The HP ScanJet Pro 3500 f1 Flatbed Scanner ($549.99) is a versatile document scanner that includes both a flatbed and an automatic document feeder (ADF). This scanner, which supports USB 3.0, is a ...

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.

For less than $100, you can buy a flatbed scanner that will give you decent results. But if you want higher-resolution scans and the ability to scan 35mm slides and color negatives, you’ll have to ...

My mother-in-law had boxes of old photos fading in her garage. We scanned them all in one weekend.

Before smartphones and Instagram feeds, photographs were printed and stored in shoeboxes and albums. These tangible snapshots were the best way to revisit old memories: photos of great-grandparents, ...