Technology is an idea that deals with a category of usage and information. Even, an individual requires scanner and printer along with desktop computers and laptops. Things which were earlier limited to office purpose are now slowly and gradually becoming a part of day-to-day's life.
Scanner
Scanner is a gadget, which captures images from graphic prints, magazines pages, etc. It comes with the software that may help you in resizing or editing the images and documents on computers.
Types of Scanners
There are different types of scanners. It depends on your requirements and usage. Whether, it is required for an organization or domestic use. However, the most regularly used scanners are as follows:
Flatbed Scanners
Flatbed scanners look like tiny printers with a flip-up cover. This scanner is fit for legal or standard sized documents scanning. Due to its flexible cover, it allows to scan outsized objects like books. These scanners are best for scanning newspaper articles, book chapters, etc.
Sheetfed Scanners
Sheetfed scanners fed the documents that have to be scanned into horizontal or vertical slot present in the scanner. These scanners have sheet-feeder, scanning component & calibration sheet. These scanners are used for single page documents and they cannot scan the bigger objects like books.
Portable Scanners
Portable scanners are smaller in size and they can be easily carried anywhere. These scanners are good for a student, researcher, or a spy.
Handheld Scanners
These scanners are small manual scanning gadgets, which is stirred over the things or documents that need to be scanned. These scanners can be used in shopping stores.
Important Points to be considered before buying Scanners
I. Use
It is important to understand for what purpose, you want the scanner and how frequent you plan to use it. Whether,
· You want to scan only papers.
· You want to scan paper as well as films.
· You want use it once or twice a week.
· You want use it more than hundred times a day.
II. Scanning Speed
One of the main focal points of the scanners is the speed. Price of the scanners is generally directly proportional to its speed. However, you can look for the scanners depending on how you want to complete your scanning task.
III. Document feeder capacity
Document feeder has the capability to load sheets up to 1000 plus into the scanner. The capacity depends on your necessity. This lets you to load all your documents at once to be scanned and work automatically. Another major point of focus with the feeder is the minimum and maximum paper size. The scanner should handle both, if you want to scan a card or legal size paper.
IV. Warranty Service
There are two types of warranties provided by the manufacturers.
· Depot, in which you have to ship the scanner for warranty services.
· Most of the manufacturers provide onsite warranty services for a particular period of time. However, the time period varies from 30 days to a year.
V. Mode of Scanning
There are many scanners, which may scan both sides of the document. However, there are some long-lasting models, which scan only one side.
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