Page Scanners

• Flat beds

  • Hand-placed (gentle, slow)
  • Good alignment, but must flip page over
  • High accuracy: no slipping, paper not driven
  • Often have sheet-feed option
  • Examples: Fujitsu, HP, Microtek, Ricoh, Epson

• Roller Drive

  • Paper driven by rollers
  • Simple mechanical design
  • Short paper paths
  • Prone to skew
  • Example: Ricoh 510/520