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What is the best scanner (portable) (small) , to scan receipts and old pictures into computer (make digital)
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Hi,

Since the purpose is just to scan the photos and receipts, I would suggest to go for Epson V550 Photo Color. It's not too costly and perfectly suit for this purpose.

For more details  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430106,00.asp
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First: User your smartphone ;-)

Second: Check this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16838111083
             
- small
- portable
- usb powered
- and even Wifi
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Are these quick scanning?  , I ve notice flat bed scanners .. HP , are not fast mostly since you have to wait for scan to complete
, open cover .. change page then wait again
and repeat
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Who are you talking to mvalencia2003
maybe I posted before you had finished commenting.
mine is a quick scan,  well you can't fly down the page just use a gentle speed
it has nothing to do with a flatbed. as I said it has made my scanner on my printer redundant like you said I used to have to lift the lid and scan etc this has made my life easy..
Have a look at the images I posted in the url here's a screenshot of it/ comes in a box with these inside
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Here is a video showing you how it works/ more on the side
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbF9Ae0d1MM

For receipts you could also just take a photo of them and if your camera has a USB upload to PC
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You're welcome. After you've made your selection and used the scanner for a while, please post back here to let us know how it is going for you. It's great to get real-world experience on products from EE members. Thanks, Joe
Now that I've looked, the one you posted Joe looks interesting. It's a wireless and you put the doc or image threw it?
Mine is not wireless and I have to use it to manually scan over my docs and images especially good for some books  as that was my main reason, getting maps .
Thanks for sharing an alternative love it too.
Might have to consider adding it to my handy scan. :)
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Hi Merete,

Yes, you got it right!

There are two separate issues here. The first is the wireless issue. In a sense, your HandyScan is wireless, in that it can scan without any wires — no power wire and no USB wire. It gets power from batteries and stores images on an SD card. But it is not wireless in terms of connecting it to a computer. That's where you need the USB cable.

The iX100 is also battery-driven, but it is truly wireless in the Wi-Fi sense, in that it can connect to the computer via Wi-Fi rather than USB cable.

The second issue is the scanning technique. Your HandyScan employs a wand technique, meaning you have to run the scanner down the page manually. This can result in bad scans occasionally, depending on how steady your hand was and how even the speed was in moving down the page. The upside is that it can be used to scan books and magazines — anything that is bound.

The ix100 has what is, essentially, a one-page ADF. You position the page at the front of the scanner and the rollers pull it through — steady, reliably, consistently. It typically results in very good quality scans. But with no wand capability (and, of course, no flatbed), it is impossible to scan anything that is bound.

So I think you're right — add it to your bag of tricks! :)  All the best, Joe