

This roundup focuses primarily on desktop document scanners, but to keep it comprehensive, we've also included PCMag’s favorite sheetfed portable document scanner and our top pick for a flatbed scanner with an ADF attachment (or a from-the-ground-up combination sheetfed/flatbed such as the HP ScanJet). These top-notch, high-speed document scanners, the best we've tested, are optimized for processing plenty of text quickly and efficiently.

Most sheetfed scanners have two sensors for simultaneously reading both sides of a page. Unlike a flatbed scanner, a sheetfed model processes only individual pages and can't be used to scan objects such as books or magazines. Best Hosted Endpoint Protection and Security SoftwareĮvery multi-sheet scanner-except combination sheetfed/flatbed machines-has a relatively compact build and an automatic document feeder (ADF) for sending page after page to the scanning sensors.
