Scanners: Buying Advice, Tips, and News

Need to scan family photos, piles of documents, or expense receipts? Our experts have tested the best options for every scanning scenario.

With speedy scanning, a generous paper capacity, thoughtful extras for handling tricky originals, and support for both USB and Wi-Fi, Epson's WorkForce ES-590W delivers excellent value for document-heavy workflows.

Time to convert your snapshots, slides, and negatives to digital format? Get the job done quickly with the right photo scanner. Here are the top performers in our testing, based on our deep-dive reviews.

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With its larger tilting touch screen, HDMI output, and simple workflow, HP's casual-grade FilmScan 7-Inch makes digitizing old slides and filmstrips easy and approachable for everyday users.

If you can live with USB-only connectivity, Canon’s imageFormula DR-C350 document scanner rewards you with speed, a generous paper capacity, and practical handling for challenging media.

If you don’t need a touch-screen UI or wireless scanning, the ScanSnap iX2400 matches Ricoh's flagship iX2500 where it counts—speed, capacity, and reliability—while costing significantly less.

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The IRIScan Book 7 wand scanner is ideal for digitizing books, magazines, documents, or other printed materials when a traditional scanner isn't feasible.

For a low price, HP's FilmScan 5-Inch Touch Screen Film Scanner supports digitizing slides and filmstrips in several popular formats and can even function as a small digital picture gallery. Just know that it handles portrait-mode shots poorly, and its scan quality is average at best.

Overwhelmed with paper records? A fast sheetfed scanner can digitize them, so you can send them to the shredder. We've tested the best models and created a guide to help you find the right document scanner for your needs.

Epson’s DS-1760WN is the sheetfed/flatbed combo scanner to beat. It's reasonably fast, with accurate OCR, and its compact size and Wi-Fi connectivity further enhance its versatility.

Plustek's OpticFilm 135i Ai combines a top-tier film scanner with one of the top scanning utility apps. The results are impressive, though this costly bundle is for 35mm media only.

Ricoh’s top-of-line ScanSnap iX2500 combines fast scan speeds with a large paper capacity, an effective skew-detection system, and a receipt attachment. It's a superior document scanner for a very reasonable price.

Whether you're scanning specialized items, keeping your luggage light, or yearning to be free of cables and cords, you'll find the perfect portable scanner in this guide. (We've tested all the major models.)

There’s more to iScanner than just digitizing documents, and you can get this handy app for only $25.

The IRISPen Air 8 isn't very accurate, but this otherwise capable, tiny, multi-language handheld scanner is worth a look as long as you mostly capture or translate sentences or paragraphs, as opposed to whole pages of text.

Marked down to just $25, iScanner lets you sign forms, merge files, redact sensitive information, and even lock folders with a PIN for added security.

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The Canon imageFormula DR-S350NW is a fast workgroup document scanner that excels in connection options and custom profiles. Though pricey, it could be a good pick for large organizations.