The best photo scanners provide reliable results for the desired purpose, whether that’s quickly digitizing boxes of 4-by-6 inch prints, scanning old film or negatives or scanning snapshots to share ...

Anyone born before the advent of the digital age likely has a big box of family photos sitting somewhere in their home; a relic of the days before smartphones replaced analog cameras and the cloud ...

A cool feature of GIMP is its ability to connect to a scanner. If the scanner has TWIN compliant driver, then it can be connected to GIMP. TWAIN is an application program interface and communication ...

I'm about to scan lots of documents into my computer. On Mac I use Image Capture which is excellent and has a lot of great features. On Windows however the scanning software that comes with the OS is ...

If you own a Mac and need to scan documents, photos, or receipts, you don’t necessarily need third-party apps or bulky software. Apple provides a built-in utility called Image Capture, a simple yet ...

If you're like most people, you have a multi-function fax/print/scan device that you use for scanning, or you just use your smartphone. If you're a little more serious, maybe you also have a flatbed.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Scanners normally come in three flavors: flatbed, film and ...