White Scanners

The Bottom Line: The ScanMaker 4800 offers nice color scans and speedy grayscale performance at a bargain price, but its film and slide scans are horrible.

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

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: 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: 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

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

The Bottom Line: This scanner has the speed and connectivity to satisfy a busy office, and it scans well; only its support policies fail to measure up.

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

The Bottom Line: From the seamless installation wizard to the easy-to-use software, this is an excellent scanner for the first-time home user.

Specs: Flatbed scanner - Desktop, 600 dpi x 600 dpi, USB, Single-pass

The Bottom Line: You can find other scanners that deliver better and faster scan quality for the same rock-bottom price.

Specs: Flatbed scanner - Desktop, 600 dpi x 1200 dpi, USB, Single-pass

Specs: Document scanner - Stationary, 600 dpi x 600 dpi, Ethernet 10Base-T, Single-pass

Specs: Flatbed scanner - Desktop, 600 dpi x 600 dpi, SCSI, Single/duplex pass