Know of any fast photo scanner you can recommend?

When volume of material of photo scanning gets up, it's time to get a really fast photo scanner to keep up. This means an automatic photo scanner with all the bells and whistles, especially the automatic feeder.

I've seen the Kodak PS810 work where it was tested side by side with another high speed scanner and was amazed at the speed it showed. Of course, you get what you pay for and so this one's kind of expensive. But with it's performance, there's no doubt you'll get you investment back in no time at all. You can find more info here: Kodak Automatic Photo Scanner.

There's also the Epson Perfection 1660. Here's one feedback from one of the satisfied users of this photo scanner:

I bought this scanner in a hurry to complete a project. In turned into being a better scanner than my expensive one.

It installs quickly and the software that is provided with it is adequate or you can use your own software easily. If you are planning on scanning mostly text you may want to get a better OCR software product. The scanner does a great job and then it is up to the character recognition software to finish the job.

If you scan a photograph and print on quality paper it it does the job of a photo scanner. Everything I have scanned with this scanner from text to photographs is high quality.

I am considering buying a second one at the price that is offered. It's a DEAL.

Read more here: high speed photo scanner

More About Scanners

From wikipedia on photo scanners:
"In computing, a (photo) scanner is a (electronic) device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, (or combination of the foregoing) and converts it to a digital image. Common examples found in offices (and now, even in homes) are variations of the desktop (or flatbed) scanner where the document is placed on a glass window for scanning. Hand-held scanners, where the device is moved by hand (manually), have evolved from text scanning "wands" to 3D scanners used for industrial design, reverse engineering, test and measurement, orthotics, gaming and other (varied) applications. Mechanically driven scanners that move the document are typically used for large-format documents, where a flatbed design would be impractical."

Here are other links to an exhaustive resource on scanners.

• Canon Photo Scanner
• High Speed Document Scanner
• Fast Photo Scanner
• Photo Scanner With Feeder
• Best Photo Scanner

What Is A Picture Scanner

Wikipedia has this to say about an image scanner:
In computing, a picture scanner is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Common examples found in offices are variations of the desktop (or flatbed) scanner where the document is placed on a glass window for scanning. Hand-held scanners, where the device is moved by hand, have evolved from text scanning "wands" to 3D scanners used for industrial design, reverse engineering, test and measurement, orthotics, gaming and other applications. Mechanically driven scanners that move the document are typically used for large-format documents, where a flatbed design would be impractical.
Modern scanners typically use a charge-coupled device (CCD) or a Contact Image Sensor (CIS) as the image sensor, whereas older drum scanners use a photomultiplier tube as the image sensor. A rotary scanner, used for high-speed document scanning, is another type of drum scanner, using a CCD array instead of a photomultiplier. Other types of scanners are planetary scanners, which take photographs of books and documents, and 3D scanners, for producing three-dimensional models of objects.
Another category of scanner is digital camera scanners, which are based on the concept of reprographic cameras. Due to increasing resolution and new features such as anti-shake, digital cameras have become an attractive alternative to regular scanners. While still having disadvantages compared to traditional scanners (such as distortion, reflections, shadows, low contrast), digital cameras offer advantages such as speed, portability and gentle digitizing of thick documents without damaging the book spine. New scanning technologies are combining 3D scanners with digital cameras to create full-color, photo-realistic 3D models of objects.
In the biomedical research area, detection devices for DNA microarrays are called scanners as well. These scanners are high-resolution systems (up to 1 µm/ pixel), similar to microscopes. The detection is done via CCD or a photomultiplier tube (PMT).

For secure and fast delivery of your next Picture Scanner order, please check out the Automatic Photo Scanner Shop.

Network Document Scanner

A network document scanner looks, feels and works like a regular document scanner. It differs in that a network document scanner is able to connect to the network thus allowing anyone (with permission from the administrator) to use it to scan and/or download a scanned file into their stations.

A network document scanner can be a standalone equipment (not needing to be plugged into a server or desktop computer). It also (usually) can be a scanner that is connected either to a server or to a computer in a network.

The administrator then configures it so that the network document scanner is visible to either everyone or to selected stations within the network.

This is a very economical type of scanner. The usual setup in most companies is to have a scanner for each department. This is a waste of money in that a scanner is not used that often and it just sits there taking time, space and electricity. Meaning, if a total of 10 people in 10 departments use the scanner to scan 1 file once a day, 10 scanners get to work only for say, 1 minute once a day. If this company had used a network document scanner, the single scanner then does work at least 10 minutes each day. And 1 idle scanner (for the rest of the day) consumes 10 times less electricity than 10 idle scanners.

For more information, click here: Network Document Scanners.

Automatic Photo Scanner

Have you been searching for an automatic photo scanner?

You most probably have a lot of photographs that need to be digitized and you of course do not have the manpower to do this manually. You also do not trust sending over your valuable photographs to those scanner services out there.

Yes, you do need an automatic photo scanner.

An ideal automatic photo scanner should be able to at least give you the following features:

• High optical resolution: To allow best quality outputs, eg 4800 dpi
• Allow multiple-size photograph scans in its auto feeder.
• Allow scanning of multiple slides.
• User friendly software application.
• No artifacts in scan output.
• Optional: Can scan both sides.
• Acceptable speed.
• Multiple output formats, e.g. pdf, jpg, gif, etc.
• Can scan at least a legal size photo document

There are automatic photo scanners available for you to purchase. The most convenient would be to purchase them online at Amazon or Ebay. Of course, you can also drive a few blocks down to your nearest computer hardware store. Either way, you need to know the hardware before you buy them to prevent disappointment later on.

Know more about automatic photo scanner by clicking here.