• Ditch the PC for your scanning needs

  By Keith Shaw | 09 March, 2012 03:36

  The scoop: Xerox Mobile Scanner, by Xerox, about $250

• Black Hat: Embedded Web servers open printer, scanner security holes

  By Ellen Messmer | 27 July, 2011 01:48

  It's fairly simple to find corporate or consumer printers and scanners online and, without breaking into them, get a hold of documents that these devices recently processed.

• Taiwan researchers design webcam antenna for fast scans

  By Ralph Jennings | 01 March, 2011 19:10

  A pair of Taiwan researchers have designed what they believe to be the first webcam-equipped antenna that can be unfolded from a laptop PC for quick scans of lengthy documents.

• PlanOn DocuPen Xtreme X05

  By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 24 September, 2010 08:21

  Full-size scanners and multifunction printers that scan, fax, and print are so 2009, right? And good luck lugging one of those huge beasts around with you on the road. Enter the PlanOn DocuPen Xtreme X05, a scanner that has the shape and size of an extra-long pen, and fits (somewhat awkwardly) in your pocket. It's built for travelers (and possibly spies) who need to scan documents on the go.

• HP Photosmart e-All-in-One

  By Jon L. Jacobi and Melissa Riofrio | 09 September, 2010 08:39

  The HP Photosmart e-All-in-One could be any low-end color inkjet multifunction printer saddled with limited features and pricey inks. Its solid performance and its access to a range of Web-based printing apps make it an acceptable choice for home users, however.

• Digitize your documents

  By Jon L. Jacobi | 03 March, 2011 01:58

  The space required to store paper documents can be a problem. Digitizing your documents renders them exquisitely portable--you can store an entire library on your e-book reader with ease. And because paper documents can be turned into editable computer documents, they become searchable. Compare typing "Roosevelt" in a search field with spending all day scanning microfiche and old newspapers by eye to research the Square Deal or the New Deal. The digital document is a boon to researchers the world over.

• Digitize your pictures

  By Jon L. Jacobi | 03 March, 2011 01:58

  Today the digital camera is ubiquitous, but photos used to be taken by momentarily exposing something called "film" to light. Yes, film--the ode to photo-sensitive chemical reactions that produced all of the pictures made before 1990 or so. Those images were, and quite of­­ten still are, transferred to photo paper and pasted into coffee table al­­bums. Sometimes they were processed into transparent 35mm slides and projected onto white screens for everyone's en­­joyment (or boredom, depending).

• A small Texas town gets smart with phones

  By Kristin Burnham | 28 August, 2009 08:13

  The Project: Deploy quick response (QR) codes to the town of Manor, Texas (population 5,800), beginning with public records and expanding to historical sites, municipal buildings and police vehicles. QR codes are a type of bar code that can be read by an application available for download to most camera-equipped cell phones. Users scan the code, launching a webpage where they can learn more about the tagged item.

Whitepapers about scanners

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  Unlocking Hidden Savings in the Enterprise

  This report examines a clear path for achieving significant cost savings, divided into three steps for convenience. First is replacing separate printers, copiers, faxes, and scanners with a single integrated device that performs all of these functions while consuming less power, floor space, paper, and toner. To find out the 2nd and 3rd step donwload more.