I'm in need of an efficient printer/scanner. Do you have any recommendations?

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I need something that can scan FAST as I have hundreds (probably thousands) of pages to scan. I can't use a printer/scanner with a feeder though as the things I'm scanning are stapled into booklets and can't be taken apart. I've used scanners in the past that take a good minute or two just to do ONE PAGE. It's insane. Are they all this slow, or are there any that can scan and immediately be saved to a laptop?

DeMoNsLaYeR575 · Answer

without taking apart the booklets it will not be fast...
MAYBE 1 page every 20 seconds for a flat bed scanner...

you want fast (can do all those pages in 30 minutes) you need a purpose built scanner which is very fast. but the pages cant be stapled.

Anonymous · Answer

There are fast scanners - e.g. high speed book scanners (Google it) that can scan a few hundred pages per minute. In that case, the problem would be that the image processing (and text recognition) on your laptop is somewhat unlikely to keep up...

Spock (rhp) · Answer

all the home ones are this slow, yes.  they physically move a long, slender scan head over the material to be scanned

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I'm in need of an efficient printer/scanner. Do you have any recommendations?

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