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Best scanner overall

*Est. $180 Compare Prices

Reviews say the Canon CanoScan 8800F is the best multipurpose scanner. It does a particularly good job scanning photos, slides and film negatives. It can scan 12 35 mm negative frames or four 35 mm slides at a time.… Reviews say color quality and clarity are good, and speed for both print and text scans are quick. Included is Canon's proprietary technology for correcting scratches and dust. Experts say the 4,800 dpi Canon is an excellent choice for photo hobbyists, but it's a fine document scanner as well. It's both PC- and Mac-compatible.

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PCMag.com: PCMag.com's veteran reviewer M. David Stone has a broad frame of reference, giving his evaluation of the Canon CanoScan 8800F ...

PC Pro: Dave Stevenson walks readers through the experience of using the CanoScan 8800F scanner. Scans are called good rather than great, ...

Computer Active: British magazine Computeractive reviews scanners every few months, although not all models are available in the U.S. Anthony ...

StockholmViews.com: StockholmViews.com is the pet project of "Stefan," a photo enthusiast in Sweden, and provides the only review we've found pitting ...

Amazon.com: Nearly 400 owners of the CanoScan 8800F contribute to its very high average score. A couple of users take issue with scan ...

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Best budget scanner

Epson Perfection V300 Photo

*Est. $90 Compare Prices

Reviews say the entry-level Epson V300 scanner is a great value with a surprisingly strong feature set. It's not as fast as more expensive scanners, but it's twice as speedy as other budget scanners and includes decent… software for photo editing and optical character recognition. The 4,800 dpi optical resolution and 48-bit color depth deliver good scans with accurate color reproduction, and the transparency adapters for slides and filmstrips are well designed. It also boasts an LED light source that allows faster, more energy-efficient scans with almost no warm-up time. The V300 is PC- and Mac-compatible.

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PCMag.com: PCMag.com's prolific reviewer M. David Stone gives the Epson Perfection V300 an Editors' Choice award. Scans are "surprisingly ...

Macworld: Macworld editor James Galbraith reviews the Epson Perfection V300 positively. Charts outlining how the scanner fared in speed ...

PC World: This brief review from PC World focuses on the Epson Perfection V300's speed, output quality and features. The scanner earns high ...

Amazon.com: About 160 owners offer their opinions on the Epson Perfection V300, and only a handful give it fewer than four out of five stars. ...

NewEgg.com: Only about 18 users have contributed to Newegg.com's review page for the Epson Perfection V300 Photo, but the scanner still gets ...

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Best professional photo scanner

Epson Perfection V700 Photo

*Est. $550 Compare Prices

Epson scanners draw raves for their photo-scanning technology, so it's no surprise that experts prefer Epson's Perfection V700 and more sophisticated sibling Perfection V750-M Pro (*Est. $800) for advanced hobbyist and… professional use. A dual-scanbed design offers 4,800 dpi scanning for photographic prints and a 6,400 dpi option for slides and film. The scanner can correct dust and scratch damage, and scanning for most film sizes is supported. The V750-M Pro ups the ante with improved optics, antireflective glass coating and a fluid-mount kit to address dust and scratch conditions out of reach of software. Both models are PC- and Mac-compatible.

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Macworld: James Galbraith's write-up of the Epson Perfection V700 scanner for Macworld is not particularly long, but it is thorough. The ...

PCMag.com: This review is a bit less thorough and not as well documented as most of M. David Stone's PCMag.com articles. Overall, the Epson ...

PC World: The Epson V700 is said to be a good choice if you need the best film scans in this short write-up for PC World. But, suggests ...

CNET: Lori Grunin is the only reviewer to reconcile the discrepancies in speed performance, as reported by other critics, by exploring ...

Amazon.com: Over 55 Perfection V700 owners have contributed reviews to Amazon.com. Most are pleased with their scanners and praise usability, ...

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Dedicated document scanner

Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500

*Est. $425 Compare Prices

The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 scanner is top-rated for businesses that need high-volume document scanning. This 600 dpi scanner has a 50-sheet automatic document feeder and 20 page-per-minute scan speeds. The ScanSnap can… also scan both sides of a page at once, further speeding scanning times. Included is the full version of Adobe Acrobat, so you can scan documents in PDF format. The Fujitsu document scanner gets very high scores in reviews, but it's not designed for scanning photos or slides. There are separate versions of the Fujitsu for PC and Mac OS X (S1500M).

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PCMag.com: M. David Stone at PCMag.com calls the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 "the best desktop document scanner in its price class," praising its ...

IT Reviews.com: U.K.-based IT Reviews presents a favorable review of the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500, although there is no rating given to put it in ...

Macworld: Joe Kissell's Macworld review gives the ScanSnap S510M, the similar Macintosh-compatible predecessor to the S1500, 4.5 out of ...

Amazon.com: Over 80 ScanSnap S1500 owners weigh in on the scanner, with more than two-thirds giving it a top five-star ranking. The Mac ...

NewEgg.com: Owner comments for the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 at Newegg.com largely mirror those at Amazon.com, though there are fewer reviews -- ...

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