Best Scanners
Best Scanner for Slides and Film (Transparencies)
Scanning transparencies (slides and film) is more demanding than any other kind of scanning. Transparencies are the only originals that benefit from more than 24 bits of color depth, a measure of how many shades the sca... read more
Best Portable Scanner for College for the Mac
If you're a Mac user and want a scanner at school, you have fewer choices than your friends with PCs. Finding an all-in-one printer with a scanner isn't hard, and that's your best bet in any case if you want to use it in... read more
Best Pen-Size Portable Scanner for College
Pen-size scanners -- literally about the size of a pen -- are not only highly portable, but they let you scan originals like magazines and books that won't fit through a sheet feeder. The category breaks neatly into two ... read more
Best Moderately Priced Scanner for Slides and Film (Transparencies)
Because transparencies (slides and film) demand higher levels of resolution and bit depth than other kinds of scanning, the best scanners for transparencies tend to be expensive. If you're willing to make a few compromi... read more
Best Portable Scanner for College for Windows Computers
If you want a scanner to use strictly in your dorm room, your best bet is to get it as part an all-in-one printer. If you want a separate scanner, however, portables offer three advantages over standard flatbeds. They'll... read more
Best Portable Scanner for College for Books and Photos
Most portable scanners are sheet fed, which means they can't scan originals like a book or magazine page unless you copy the page first and then scan the copy. Sheet-fed scanners are also a poor choice for originals that... read more
Best Budget Scanner for Slides and Film (Transparencies)
Nothing will change the fact that transparencies (slides and film) demand higher levels of resolution and bit depth than other kinds of scanning. For now, at least, that means the best scanners for transparencies tend t... read more
Best Pen Scanner
Pen-size scanners come in two versions: classic pen scanners and scanners that look more like a wand than a pen. Although both types are about the size of a pen, they work very differently from each other. Pen scanners w... read more
