The Plustek ePhoto Z300 ($199) is one of the few sheet-feed scanners built primarily for handling photo prints, and it's easily the least expensive that we have come across. It's also the slowest, because unlike the Editors' Choice Epson FastFoto FF-680W, it lacks an automatic document feeder (ADF), meaning you have to feed each photo or document page by hand. That said, it's much faster than flatbed photo scanners like the Canon CanoScan LiDE220. The Z300 falls a bit behind its competition in terms of scan quality, but its output is easily good enough for household use, especially if you're simply looking to digitize a bunch of snapshots. The Perils of Sheet-Feed Photo Scanning Traditionally, flatbed scanners—which scan photos or documents set on a glass platen and covered with a lid—have been the preferred choice for photo scanning, because such machines treat the prints gently. Flatbed scanners tend to be slow, though, both in the time spent scanning each photo and in removin...
The Plustek ePhoto Z300 is a low-priced sheet-feed scanner that's best for household use such as digitizing snapshots.
Great price; Fast photo scanning compared with flatbed models; Designed to minimize potential harm to photos; Scans up to letter-size prints
Manual document feeder; Limited document-scanning abilities; Mediocre scan quality for photos