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Document Scanners

Pick a scanner by the job: a flatbed for photos and certificates, a sheet-fed desktop for office paperwork in volume, or a receipt scanner for the books. See the Epson and Brother range, or all-in-one printers that scan in our printers collection.

What is the difference between a flatbed and a sheet-fed scanner?

A flatbed scanner has a glass bed you lay the original on, which is gentle and high-detail, ideal for photos, certificates and pages from a book. A sheet-fed scanner pulls a stack of loose pages through rollers and scans them quickly, often both sides at once, which suits offices digitising lots of paperwork.

Which scanner is best for photos?

For loose prints in volume, a high-speed photo scanner like the Epson FastFoto feeds a stack and digitises each in seconds. For careful, high-resolution work including film and negatives, a flatbed like the Epson Perfection V850 Pro gives the best detail.

Do I need a scanner if my printer already scans?

An all-in-one printer scans fine for the occasional page. A dedicated document scanner is worth it when you scan often or in bulk, because it is faster, feeds both sides automatically and produces searchable files. Casual users are well served by an all-in-one.

What is a receipt scanner?

A receipt scanner feeds small slips and uses software to read the date, vendor and total, then files them for expenses, GST and bookkeeping. The Epson RapidReceipt is built for this, and it scans ordinary documents too.

Flatbed, sheet-fed or receipt

The type of scanner follows what you scan. A flatbed places the original face down on glass, which is gentle and detailed, so it suits photos, certificates and bound pages. A sheet-fed desktop scanner feeds a stack through rollers and captures both sides at speed, which suits an office digitising paperwork in volume. A receipt scanner feeds small slips and the software reads the totals for expense and bookkeeping records.

Epson covers photo and receipt work, while Brother focuses on fast double-sided desktop document scanning.