Saturday, November 1, 2008

Take a look at a Cannon scanner for your SOHO

By Susan Magretta

Today you will find a scanner in most new computer setups, whether that is at home or in a small business or home office. Digitizing documents and photos is something that we all need to do, increasingly on a daily basis. Whether that is to reduce the quantity of paper that we are saving or whether that is to digitally work with images and photos, a scanner is one of the pieces of equipment that today we all need. Prices have dropped, and today you can get a basic scanner as low as $50 depending upon the features and functionality that you want.

Chooseing a scanner shouldn't be hard, make your decision based on the features that you need. What are you going to be doing with it? Don't buy a scanner with features you won't need. Today, any scanner is going to be just fine for photographs and documents.

Scanners, whether they are flatbed, multi-purpose, or photo scanners, are all easy to install. Most auto-install simply by inserting an installation disk and following the onscreen prompts. Typically it will install some software and then prompt you to plug in the scanner. It just can't get much more simple than that.

There are three top consumer and small business brands of scanners that you really need to look at. Cannon, HP, and Epson all make top scanners that each provide unique differences worth looking at. Do you want a flatbed scanner? Do you care more about photos? HP makes a create Photosmart line of scanners for around $120. An All-In-ONe multi-function scanner, HP makes a nice unit that includes a scanner, printer, and copier all in one. It is also compatible with both a Mac and a PC. It is a great unit that allows you to work with documents and photos and share them with your friends.

You can check out the features and styles of different scanners at any online retailer. If you have already got a printer, you should definately consider a Cannon CanoScan Flatbed Scanner which is extremely fast and has QARE technology that helps reduce dust and scratch impacts on images and automatically corrects fading and bad lighting. It's an intuitive machine that is cheap, usually under $50.

If you are into photographs, then you really should check out the Epson line of Scanners. Their Perfection Photo Flatbed line of scanners are a little more professional but also a litle more expensive, typically around $179. Their Digital ICE software technology allows you to scan slides at high resolution converting your old slide collection into digital images. It is a good quality scanner. So consider what you want to do with a scanner and make your choice according.

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