Most scanners include all the necessary cables and software to let users import photographs and edit text documents onto their systems. The lower price does not necessarily mean poorer scans, either. Most inexpensive flatbed and sheetfed scanners offer surprisingly good image reproduction. With the software that's usually included, users can manipulate the images they scan in to fit whatever purpose they have in mind. Among the options available, users can resize pictures, change contrast and color levels, save images as different types of files and add text to graphics.
Scanners can also do much more than just import pictures.
When used with a printer or fax machine, scanners can perform low volume photocopying and color fax duties as well. And other scanning software can let users store and index valuable items like tax forms and receipts. Not all scanners are created equal. Although most low end models are in the same price range, scanners come in a variety of models, specifications and sizes. The two basic types are flatbed and sheetfed, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.