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How To Guide To Scanners

Computing : Hardware

There are four key types of scanner:

- flatbed

These are most common, the item is scanned on a glass plate

- sheetfed

These work like a fax machine

- slide

Light is passed through the image: used for slides, as the name suggests, and may be used by photographers to store their slides digitally

- drum

Expensive and difficult, but the best type; you won't see one of these at home

- handheld

Pretty much phased out now, but popular about five - ten years, ago, you would hold the scanner and run it smoothly over the item being scanned. It was difficult to get the scan smooth.

Best for home used: flat bed


By: Stephen

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