By Desire Athow
Selling standalone scanners in this day and age is becoming increasingly challenging. Blame it on the rise of digital processes – which bypass any physical medium (paper and ink) – or the advent of cheaper, more affordable, and dare we say, better value-for-money all in one printing/scanning solutions.
The HP ScanJet Pro 3500 f1, which targets the one-person office or small businesses, sits between the 2500 f1 and the 4500 fn1 which is the company’s top of the range standalone document scanner. It’s pitched at around the £300 (around $425, or AU$565) mark and the price difference between the ScanJet Pro 3500 and its cheaper sibling is about £60 – that jumps to a roughly £240 difference between the 3500 and the 4500.
The first thing you notice about the scanner is how massive it is. The ScanJet Pro is almost 150mm high and much larger than an A3 sheet making it far too big for an average desk.
There’s a large automatic document feeder (ADF) at the top which can hold 50 A4 pages, while at the back is a USB 3.0 type-b connector, and a tiny two line, 30-character LCD …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac