Converting printed material into digital form is one of the key functions most people ask of their PCs. One of the most common types of device for doing this is the flatbed scanner. Scanners, which can scan paper, photographic prints, and often transparencies and negatives, are the key tools for transferring all kinds of printed [...]
Not so long ago, a scanner was something that you plugged into your PC via the parallel port - or sometimes a dedicated interface card - before waiting an eternity for a poor representation of a colour or greyscale image to struggle onto your monitor screen.
With the introduction of USB 1.1 the tedious time delay [...]
It’s the time of year, now that Summer is truly upon us, to get down to some serious scanning. Erm, actually, scratch that. If you’ve got a life it’s time to go and sit out at the pub all afternoon or get down to Alton Towers or somewhere like that. If you’re an IT journalist, [...]