Scanners
Scanners, the most popular image capture device for creating digital images, can be used with existing photographic materials such as slides, photographs and transparencies; they can also be used to digitse original two-dimensional objects or flat materials such as documents, prints and drawings. Over the last few years, scanners have greatly decreased in cost and increased in functionality, which means that they are no longer the specialty item they once were. Scanners have become almost as common as printers and as easy to use: Manufacturers now offer one-touch scanning.Careful consideration must be made when selecting a scanner to ensure that the equipment choice meets the digitisation needs of your institution when capturing images for long-term archival purposes
