All Scanners

The Bottom Line: The ScanJet 5400c's ease of use and good image quality should appeal to home- and small-office users despite its merely moderate scanning speed.

Specs: Flatbed scanner - Desktop, 2400 dpi x 2400 dpi, USB, Single-pass

The Bottom Line: The OneTouch 8920 offers lots of useful features for SOHO users, but its scan quality is mediocre.

Specs: Flatbed scanner - Desktop, 1200 dpi x 4800 dpi, USB, Single-pass

The Bottom Line: While serious photo hobbyists will find the lack of scanning options constraining, the Photo Scanner 1000 offers nontechnical users an easy way to print, e-mail, or post scans to the Web.

Specs: Flatbed scanner - Desktop, 300 dpi x 300 dpi, USB, Single-pass

The Bottom Line: The Corex CardScan Executive 600c offers a hand to the harried businessperson. Once and for all, you can easily add all those loose business cards to your PC's or handheld's contact database.

Specs: Sheetfed scanner - Desktop, USB, Single-pass

The Bottom Line: This home scanner offers great scanning quality and lots of useful features, but its short warranty and skimpy software bundle make its high price hard to handle.

Specs: Flatbed scanner - Desktop, 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi, IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP), Single-pass

The Bottom Line: This scanner costs more than other models in its class, but it's easy to use and capable of great scans.

Specs: Flatbed scanner - Desktop, 1200 dpi x 2400 dpi, USB, Single-pass

The Bottom Line: With its high resolution and 48-bit color depth, the Perfection 2400 Photo should appeal to professionals, but slight imperfections in image quality make it more suited for hobbyists.

Specs: Flatbed scanner, 2400 dpi x 4800 dpi, Hi-Speed USB, Single-pass

The Bottom Line: As easy to use as any entry-level scanner, this device boasts the image quality, the speed, and the features that business users and graphics professionals will appreciate.

Specs: Flatbed scanner - Desktop, 2400 dpi x 4800 dpi, Hi-Speed USB, Single-pass

The Bottom Line: This scanner sticks to the middle of the road on price, performance, and extras. It's not a bad scanner, but it's not the best value either.

Specs: Flatbed scanner - Desktop, 1200 dpi x 2400 dpi, USB, Single-pass

Specs: Flatbed scanner - Desktop, 1200 dpi x 2400 dpi, IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP), Single-pass