Sheetfed document scanners have become office staples, but corporate-class, high-volume scanners that combine sheetfed and flatbed designs have been scarce over the past few years. In fact, the sheetfed/flatbed combo seen here, the $1,499 HP ScanJet Enterprise Flow N6600 fnw1, replaces a model we reviewed way back in January 2014 (the ScanJet Enterprise Flow 7500). The N6600 is, as its name suggests, an enterprise-level machine for busy offices with reams of scanning to do. It's fast, accurate, and robust, and it ships with highly proficient scanning and document-management software. Only its price keeps it from becoming our newest favorite enterprise-grade scanner.Scanners Change Slowly: Eight Years Gone By Not only have scanner product names and nomenclature changed over the years, so have the products themselves—drastically so, as you can see in the image below. For the most part, modern scanners half the size of their long-living predecessors do the same or more work. At 5.2 b...
HP's enterprise-grade ScanJet Flow N6600 is a nifty, compact combination of a sheetfed and flatbed scanner, paired with excellent scanning and document-management software.
Fast, accurate OCR; Intuitive touch-screen control panel and 100-sheet ADF; Supports wireless and wired networking; Scans to flash and other USB drives; Excellent HP Scan interface and document management software
Somewhat expensive; A little slow