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  Black Hat: Embedded Web servers open printer, scanner security holes

  It's fairly simple to find corporate or consumer printers and scanners online and, without breaking into them, get a hold of documents that these devices recently processed.

  By Ellen Messmer | 27 July, 2011 01:48

  Tags: sharp, security, scanners, ricoh, peripherals

• Taiwan researchers design webcam antenna for fast scans

  A pair of Taiwan researchers have designed what they believe to be the first webcam-equipped antenna that can be unfolded from a laptop PC for quick scans of lengthy documents.

  By Ralph Jennings | 01 March, 2011 19:10

  Tags: Wang Chi, scanners, peripherals, National Taipei University of Technology, laptops, Lai Chih-wei, hardware systems, Elitegroup Computer Systems

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  PlanOn DocuPen Xtreme X05

  Full-size scanners and multifunction printers that scan, fax, and print are so 2009, right? And good luck lugging one of those huge beasts around with you on the road. Enter the PlanOn DocuPen Xtreme X05, a scanner that has the shape and size of an extra-long pen, and fits (somewhat awkwardly) in your pocket. It's built for travelers (and possibly spies) who need to scan documents on the go.

  By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 24 September, 2010 08:21

  Tags: scanners, PlanOn, peripherals, Input devices

• HP Photosmart e-All-in-One

  The HP Photosmart e-All-in-One could be any low-end color inkjet multifunction printer saddled with limited features and pricey inks. Its solid performance and its access to a range of Web-based printing apps make it an acceptable choice for home users, however.

  By Jon L. Jacobi and Melissa Riofrio | 09 September, 2010 08:39

  Tags: scanners, printers, peripherals, MFPs, inkjet, HP, hewlett-packard

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  35 years later, bar codes, and scanning, are everywhere

  Tomorrow marks the 35th anniversary of the first time a laser scanner was used to "read" a bar code, according to Motorola Inc.

  By Matt Hamblen | 26 June, 2009 07:10

  Tags: anniversaries, bar codes, Motorola, scanners

• Digitize your documents

  The space required to store paper documents can be a problem. Digitizing your documents renders them exquisitely portable--you can store an entire library on your e-book reader with ease. And because paper documents can be turned into editable computer documents, they become searchable. Compare typing "Roosevelt" in a search field with spending all day scanning microfiche and old newspapers by eye to research the Square Deal or the New Deal. The digital document is a boon to researchers the world over.

  By Jon L. Jacobi | 03 March, 2011 01:58

  Tags: scanners, peripherals, ocr, Consumer Advice

• Digitize your pictures

  Today the digital camera is ubiquitous, but photos used to be taken by momentarily exposing something called "film" to light. Yes, film--the ode to photo-sensitive chemical reactions that produced all of the pictures made before 1990 or so. Those images were, and quite of­­ten still are, transferred to photo paper and pasted into coffee table al­­bums. Sometimes they were processed into transparent 35mm slides and projected onto white screens for everyone's en­­joyment (or boredom, depending).

  By Jon L. Jacobi | 03 March, 2011 01:58

  Tags: scanners, peripherals, Consumer Advice, Canon

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  eBeef: RFID from birth to plate

  Computers determine the quality of meat on your dinner plate, long before it turns up on the doorstep of your butcher, and the increasing uptake of technology in the meat industry means armers across the country are liberating themselves from the global financial crisis, the ravages of drought and other environmental problems.

  By Kathryn Edwards | 27 April, 2009 14:50

  Tags: agriculture, bluetooth, databases, farming, livestock, meat, mysql, RFID, sap, scanners

Whitepapers about scanners

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  Unlocking Hidden Savings in the Enterprise

  This report examines a clear path for achieving significant cost savings, divided into three steps for convenience. First is replacing separate printers, copiers, faxes, and scanners with a single integrated device that performs all of these functions while consuming less power, floor space, paper, and toner. To find out the 2nd and 3rd step donwload more.