For an occasional-use photograph and document scanner, the entry-level flatbed CanoScan LiDE 300 is a good value, but its LiDE 400 sibling is only $20 more and comes with valuable extras.

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The CanoScan 9000F ... "professional" film scanner, 4000 dpi resolution (65 meg file from 35mm negative!), 14 bits per channel, dual USB & SCSI interface. Canon's compact flatbed film scanner ...

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Best Overall: Canon imageFormula R40 Office Document Scanner Best Budget: Canon CanoScan Lide 400 Best for Photos: Epson FastFoto FF-680W Photo Scanner Best for Documents: Brother ADS-4900W ...

Aimed at business users, Canon cites the education, legal and healthcare professions as potential applications, but any small ...

All the tested models scan photos at a resolution of 300 dpi (dots per inch, a measure of resolution), but both Kodak models can scan at 600 dpi as well; the higher resolution is most noticeable ...

A word about our scanner testing philosophy: Some publications have taken the position of scanning everything using the scanner's default settings, believing this to be most fair, neutral methodology.

Get the job done quickly with the right photo scanner. Here are the top performers in our testing, based on our deep-dive reviews.

Photo scanners are now niche items ... Sometimes every cent counts. Canon's CanoScan LiDE 300 has only half the resolution and is a tad slower than the LiDE 400 that earned a PCMag Editors ...

Whether you need to scan family photos, piles of documents, or expense receipts, a scanner out there is built for the task. Here's how to shop for the right one, plus the top performers in our lab ...