By Desire Athow
There was a time, many years ago, when a flatbed scanner was a must-buy peripheral alongside a printer. Then the all-in-one arrived, which combines scanning and printing functionality along with faxing and photocopying.
Demand – and interest – for that new category of devices effectively killed off standalone scanners, as shown by the below Google trends graph from the past 13 years pitching flatbed scanners (in blue) up against multi-function printers or MFPs (in red).
However, vendors like Canon, HP, and Panasonic still believe in the future of this fundamental digitisation tool, even in the face of adversity.
Fujitsu unveiled the SP-1425 a few weeks ago. It’s a flatbed scanner that promises to “deliver simple operation and reliable performance for professional use,” especially for the SMB market. It is positioned as the top-of-the-range model and is the only flatbed scanner in the SP series.
At the time of writing and until the end of March 2017, the SP-1425 will come with a £100 cashback. PCWB sells it for £441 excluding VAT (for a total of £529 with VAT – that’s around $650, or AU$850).
At 454 x 331 x 129mm and weighing a mere 4.3kg, …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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