Flatbed scanners are designed for purely home use. Such a device was created to solve two primary problems: the first is scanning text documents with recognition, and the second is the digitization of photographs and other images. Many mid-range models are equipped with a slide module that allows you to scan all transparent originals; often this is negative and positive film.
If you want to enter a text document into a computer, then one scanner is not enough: you need a special text recognition program that will be able to save all the received data into a single text file of the format you need. It is worth noting that FineReader of the Russian company ABBYY is rightly considered one of the priority recognition programs. Many flatbed scanners sold in the CIS countries are equipped with a "lite" version of the FineReader Sprint program. However, some manufacturers equip them with foreign programs, which, to put it mildly, are very far from the capabilities of FineReader.
The next task is more difficult. For excellent digitization of a color photograph, a matrix of high quality is required.optics and mechanics; in addition, a lot depends on the driver that flatbed scanners have. It is good that its modern types have a well-developed graphical user interface, which allows you to exclude and correct individual defects of the original image during the scanning process, including a highly visible raster, excessive or insufficient brightness, and color gamma distortion.
Many flatbed scanners are equipped with the simplest graphic editors that are designed to process any images and, in some cases, even create photo albums. Those who like to draw or graphically modify photos will have to get acquainted with more powerful packages like AdobePhotoshop or Gimp.
As for the price range, for example, a good Epson A4 flatbed scanner will cost from 100 to 150 conventional units. Models priced between $150 and $250 are bound to satisfy even the most demanding users. Products cheaper than a hundred dollars can only be accepted as a budget option, because such flatbed scanners are not particularly friendly with graphics.
It is also worth mentioning that A3 models are also very popular. Such a device can scan up to 60 pages per minute in single-sided mode or 30 in double-sided mode. The A3 flatbed scanner is specifically designed to process wider format and longer documents. And such a device is often a necessary unit in an office interior. It's excellenta tool for he althcare, financial, legal, insurance and banking organizations. Today, many companies require strong tools for converting various documents into electronic form. But customers are also interested in reducing the time and cost of processing all documents, and the A3 scanner is ready to solve these problems.
