A flatbed scanner is fine for occasional scans and one with an Automatic Document Feeder is good for medium use, when you need to convert photos as well as paper documents. In a busy office, though, where all the archive or OCR needs are for paper or prints, you can't beat a sheet feed scanner for...

Single-pass; duplex scans; J-path compact paper feed; Single-button quick scan

Fiddly feed tray extension; Hard to select resolution in CaptureOnTouch; Separate power supply

Fast, high-quality sheet-fed desktop scanners don't have to be eye wateringly expensive as Simon Handby finds out with Canon's latest model.

A sheetfed document scanner designed to allow you to take bundles of documents and turn them into electronic forms, the Canon DR-C125 actually looks more like a paper shredder. It's not cheap, but it is only half the price of the Canon DR-M160 .

Canon document scanners are almost uniformly impressive beasts, so I had high expectations for the Canon imageFormula DR-C125 ($495 direct). I wasn't disappointed. Just like the Editors' Choice Canon DR-2580C ($875 street, 4.5 stars) -which I reviewed in 2005, but is still one of the best desktop...

Duplex scanning; Extraordinarily fast text recognition for scanning to searchable PDF files

Application programs don't install by default and are mostly old or light versions

This scanner is very fast, it uses LED for the light source so you don't wait for it to wam up CFL tubes. Happy with purchase after reading many reviews of similar items.

Amazingly quick and easy to use, scans both sides at once. Using this has enabled me to rid lots of paperwork freeing up a lot of shelf space.

This scanner is very fast, it uses LED for the light source so you don't wait for it to wam up CFL tubes. Happy with purchase after reading many reviews of similar items.

compact, fast, easy to use, quick shipping, if you have a LOT of invoices to scan then this is the geek toy for you!!

Great scanner. Staff love it. Fast and reliable. An improvement on the old DR-2080. Such a small footprint. Thanks. Gordon. Adelaide.

Canon's latest high speed scanner, the imageFORMULA DR-C125W, is its first desktop scanner to incorporate Wi-Fi and designed to connect to any desktop or portable device. It also boasts a small footprint and a maximum throughput of 25 pages per minute.