You have seen friends or colleagues using portable handheld scanners and would like to put your hands on one of them too. However you want to make sure that this little scanner is the right thing for you.
I would say that anyone who spends a lot of time out of the office on the road needs one. Also scholars often use handheld portable scanners to scan books that can’t be flattened to fit on a flatbed scanner without damage to the book. Also I have seen plenty of people who work in court to use them – it saves them a lot of time waiting for their turn at the copier.
Let’s get things straight from the very beginning. Handheld portable scanners can’t compare to flatbed scanners in terms in quality, but you can’t take the latter one with you. If you primarily scan books or black and white documents you will be just fine with a portable handheld scanner.
You should also consider buying an additional SD card or two if you plan to scan a lot of documents. The good thing about handheld scanners is that they can be charged directly from the computer so you can essentially simultaneously download what you have scanned so far and charge the scanner.
Depending of the type of document that you need to scan you can choose to go with either B&W or color handheld scanner.
Before buying double check with the manufacturer to make sure that the device is compatible with your OS be it Mac or Windows, because some handheld scanners are not Mac compatible.
One last thing – read the product description and find out the different formats the portable scanner you are about to buy can convert the scanned documents.
If you are still on the fence whether to give handheld portable scanners a try – go ahead and order one. All reputable merchants have at least 30 days money back guarantee. You can test it and if it can get the job done – keep; if not – return it.
Just make sure that you know what portable handheld scanners can do for you and your business.
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