Tag archive: Scanner

It must be nerve-racking for any cop when they approach a suspect who has their hands in their pockets, not knowing if the encounter will be a routine one without incident or a hair-raising one that descends into a life-threatening shoot-out. If only the cop could somehow know in advance if the person they’re approaching is armed. Well, soon they should be able to. A device being developed by the NYPD uses infrared rays to scan a suspect’s body… Read More

We know, scanners are close to obsolete these days, particularly among the Apple crowd that can now have all of their digital lives floating around in iOS 5′s iCloud, but sometimes they still come in handy. If you want to get those old family photos or important paper documents integrated into your digital existence, using a scanner is just about the best and only way. If you're an Apple-lover, having an iOS-friendly scanner that is… Read More

Digital imaging developer Visioneer has announced its new RaodWarrior mobile scanner, a tiny USB-powered document scanner intended to help business travelers and other on-the-go folks manage receipts, business cards, and other documents while they're on the road. “Today's road warriors demand that every item in their bag do double or triple duty and it needs to integrate with their existing tools. We designed the… Read More

Imaging devices manufacturer Plustek yesterday introduced a new, slim scanner designed to fit into a briefcase. The OpticSlim M12 Plus is priced at $179 and available now. The OpticSlim M12 Plus, said Plustek, measures 274 x 47 x 33.8mm and weighs 330 grams. It is designed to scan full legal documents and create PDF files through a one touch scan button process. Other features of the OpticSlim M12 Plus include power drawn from… Read More

The EPSON Perfection 4990 PHOTO and EPSON Perfection 4990 PRO scanners both have a versatile built-in 8″ x 10″ transparency unit (TPU) with a moving carriage and lamp optimized for film scans for quality rarely seen in a consumer-level scanner. The TPU is almost 50% larger than the predecessor models. It includes film holders that support eight 35mm mounted slides, four 35mm film strips up to 24 frames, three to six medium format… Read More

Quote from the review: “Epson's latest A4 flatbed scanner is targeted at amateur photographers and home photo enthusiasts. The scanner sits towards the top-end of Epson's Perfection line and offers an impressive optical resolution of 4800x4800ppi. It also comes with three clip-on adapters for scanning negative strips, slides, and medium-format transparencies, and supports an optional multi-photo feeder and ADF for batch… Read More

The 9120 ships this month for a suggested retail price of $99.99. The OneTouch 9120 features 2,400 by 4,800 optical resolution, which the company says can turn a 4-by-6-inch print into a 32-by-48-inch enlargement with no loss of detail. It also features 48-bit internal color and FlashBack bi-directional AutoScan technology, for two-way scanning. With the FlashBack AutoScan enabled, the scanner moves one way to prescan the image area,… Read More

The duplex i80 Scanner is ideal for business or government departments that need to capture, publish and archive documents. It offers improved bitonal and color performance with the convenience of simultaneously capturing both sides of a document in a single pass, unlike simplex scanners, which scan just one side of a page. This makes the i80 Scanner twice as productive as a simplex scanner for dual-sided applications. Available in late… Read More