How A Paper Scanner Works
- The document is places on the glass plate of a scanner and the cover is closed. ...
- A lamp is used to illuminate the document.
- The entire mechanism (mirrors, lens, filter and CCD array) make up the scan head. ...
- The image of the document is reflected by an angled mirror to another mirror.
What is a sheetfed scanner used for?
A sheetfed scanner (also referred to as an automatic document scanner or ADF scanner) is a digital imaging system specifically designed for scanning loose sheets of paper, widely used by businesses to scan office documents and less frequently used by archives and libraries to scan books that have been disbound or other ...
How does a flat bed scanner work?
Flatbed. This type of scanner is sometimes called a reflective scanner because it works by shining white light onto the object to be scanned and reading the intensity and color of light that is reflected from it, usually a line at a time.
