Scanner / Optical Scanner

A scanner is an input device for computer. It can scan any printed document with text as well as images. It will : Read any printed paper or picture, Convert text or images into digital form Saves this converted digital file into computer storage for later use

Uses Of Optical Scanners

You can scan your documents or pictures to: . Store into computer memory. !. "o save lot of effort and time #ecause if you type the whole text on printed page, it will ta$e effort as well as time%. &. Show image or text on computer screen or on a multimedia pro'ector(s screen. ). In addition, you can send this scanned document or image to your friends all over the world with the help of Internet * +mail. ,. You can pu#lish the scanned documents or images on your we#site or #log. -. You can apply online and send the scanned images of your academic documents in any part of the world within minutes. .. If your scanner supports /CR 0 /ptical Character Recognition, you can scan a page with printed text and save it in an edita#le computer file. You can change or add more contents in this scanned file.

Types Of Optical Scanners

"here are different types of scanners:

1. Flat Bed Scanner

A flat#ed scanner is the most common type of optical scanners used to scan printed text

and images and save into computer storage as a digital file. It wor$s on the principle of a photo copier machine. 1e pic$up the cover of the scanner and place the printed page on the glass surface of the scanner. 2ow we will instruct scanner through computer software to start scanning. "he scanner will scan with the help of light and save the digital file into computer storage. If you have an /CR scanner, you can save your text into edita#le form. "his will save a lot of hard wor$ and time to enter text #y $ey#oard too. It is widely used in offices, schools, colleges, universities and homes for common scanning needs. If a #oo$ is very rare or difficult to find, we can scan its all pages one #y one. 3ater on we can ta$e prints of these scanned pages through a color printer.

2. Sheet Fed Scanner

A sheet fed scanner wor$s li$e a fax machine mechanism. In a sheet fed scanner, pages are entered into scanner li$e a fax machine.

Advantages of Sheet Fed Scanner

. A feet shed scanner is relatively smaller in si4e. !. It is more porta#le. &. It ta$es less space.

Disadvantages Of Sheet Fed Scanner

. It re5uires separate pages to scan. 6ut, it cannot scan a #oo$ #ecause of its #inding. !. It can scan normal papers with normal thic$ness only.

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eld Scanner

7and 7eld scanner is a small, light weight scanner and porta#le scanner. It is used to scan small amount of data li$e short articles from news papers. It is held in hand and is moved over the text page or image slowly and smoothly from start to end. Its scan 5uality may #e lower than flat #ed or sheet fed scanner #ut it can used to capture small amounts of text or small images, 5uic$ly.

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and held Scanner

"his is a porta#le, cordless hand held scanner that is used to scan and save important documents, letters, or pictures. It records scanned documents in its memory card. you can transfer these scanned documents on yor computer for later use. You can scan and save important news from the news papers or interesting articles from maga4ines.

$. Dr%& Scanners

8rum scanners are used #y the 9u#lishers to scan images with details. 8rum scanners use photomultiplier tu#e technology. In drum scanners, the document to #e scanned is mounted on a glass cylinder. At the center of the cylinder is a sensor that splits light #ounced from the document into three #eams. +ach #eam is sent through a color filter into a photomultiplier tu#e where the light is changed into an electrical signal. And in this way a complete image with immense details can #e o#tained. 8rum scanners are widely used in pu#lishing industry.