Then you can store, change the picture or use it in many different ways. Graphic Artists are very adept at creating wonderful presentations for many commercial uses. But now they are not the only ones to have all the fun. Scanners have been used from copying business cards to scanning images for student reports.
Possibilities are endless.
Hand held - about 4 inches across, it can quickly scan smaller images like business cards, and is the least expensive. To reproduce from a book or magazine, you would have to cut the image out. That is not always possible. Flatbed - The most expensive and versatile. Like a photocopier, it will reproduce images of very high quality directly to your computer.