For books and magazines, again the flatbed scanner is your only choice.

but the lip on the edge of most flatbed scanners keeps the document from touching the platen properly. [Matthew] decided to hack his Canon LiDE 90 scanner to use it in a face-down format.

A flatbed scanner sits on top and the output bin is in the middle. Canon placed a large 5-inch color touchscreen to the right and gave it a nice adjustment range, tilting forward up to 56 degrees ...

The best scanner will help you make digital copies of documents, digitize photographs, and more. We've tested a whole range of options, from dedicated units to all-in-ones that scan, copy, and ...