Scanners > Epson Scanners > 42-bit colour

Advantages: Great quality
Disadvantages: Expensive

...some good features. The Epson Perfection 1650 seemed as good as any. Sure you can pick up a budget scanner for £30 but at just over £100, this is by far the best quality scanner on the market for the money. Looks/build. ------------ It looks like any normal scanner with its grey/tan body and lift up lid but it seems more sturdy than most out there. The lid is more rigid and has a feel of quality during operation. Installation. ------------- ...
...play device. Or rather Plug and scan. Your operating system should automatically detect new hardware when you restart or possibly as soon as you connect it, depending on the operating system type. You will then be prompted for the drivers in a standard operating practice. Insert the CD Rom that you get with it and the rest is automatic. Also, depending on what model of Scanner you buy, you get a free copy of Adobe PhotoShop for adding professional ... Read review

Advantages: Good picture quality, very cheap
Disadvantages: Bit old now, not great OCR

This is my scanner, the Epson 1240U, and I have had it for about 2 years now. When I bought it, it was not at the price it is now, in fact I think I spent £120 on it. Even at that price I would say it is not a bad scanner, however, looking at the price now, I would say that if you bought it now, you could class this as a bargain. With a pretty good actual resolution of 2400x1200 dots per inch, the resolution is pretty good, and it does not take ...
...on this, check out the Epson website). Installing the scanner is simple. If you have an up-to-date operating system, it will detect the scanner as soon as you plug the USB plug and play socket in, and automatically install the drivers if you so wish. If you don't actually want to use the software provided for making the scan, you will find it also compatible with many applications. I frequently use Adobe Photoshop Elements import feature which automatically ... Read review

Advantages: Sooooo many features
Disadvantages: None that I can think of

We use the CanoScan Lide 25 (which I'll refer to as Lide 25 from now on) at work and a handy little scanning tool it is indeed. It's very slim and lightweight and sits nicely on my desk, ready to jump into action whenever I need to scan a document or photo. You can copy directly from the platen (glass screen) to your printer or print or even email and it's very easy to set up. AN ABUNDANCE OF FEATURES The Lide 25 uses a USB connection so ...
...handy indeed - saving on energy is always a better option. Unlike other home scanners I've used in the past the Lide 25 scans to a fairly high resolution of up to 1200 x 2400 dpi so when scanning photos you get very good quality images. The software that comes with the scanned allows you to scan documents to PDF too and you choose whether you want them in colour or monochrome or select the image quality you want from 75, 100, 200, 250, 300 or 400 ... Read review