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Buyers' Guide to Scanners

A scanner with at least 1200 dpi and 48-bit color depth gives demanding users the most image-editing flexibility.

Rebecca Freed

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Visioneer OneTouch 9000 USBToday's consumer scanners commonly have optical resolutions of 2400 dots per inch--and that's likely to remain the maximum for a while because manufacturers are opting to improve ease of use rather than upgrade the core hardware. For example, HP will add a photo feeder to an upcoming model, and Epson is incorporating its Print Image Matching feature into future units to simplify color calibration with Epson printers. Support for Windows XP is now practically universal among new scanner models.

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