Scanners Scanners - Basic Information

What are my options?

You have three: Flat-bed, sheet-fed, and film. A Flat-bed scans like a copier, sheet-feds feed docs or photos through, while film scans slides and negatives.

What's OCR?

Optical character recognition, and it lets you turn scanned text into editable text—not just an image.

Can I get a printer, fax and copier, too?

Yep, just go with a multifunction device, which combines copier, scanner, printer, and—in some models—fax.

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