How to Compare Scanners From Australia
Which scanner works best for you will depend on your individual scanning needs. If you want to input photos, for instance, you will want a color scanner with exceptional image quality. For scanning documents, you may prefer a black and white scanner that sacrifices image quality for speed. Whether you are buying a scanner in Australia or from Australia, scanners made in that country require several additional considerations.
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Check the plug type. Australian devices use 240 volts and have AS-3112 plugs; you can recognize these as three lines arranged like an arrow pointing down. These plugs will not work in many countries, including the United States, but you can buy plug adapters at many hardware stores to adapt the device to your sockets. Scanners manufactured in Australia but meant for use elsewhere may have other plug types; be sure to find one that fits your country's outlets.
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Some scanners can scan multiple pages in one session, saving you from having to manually replace the page each time; see which scanners have multi-page inputs.
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Check which scanners scan in color.
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Check scanner speed. For scanners that only scan one page at a time, this will simply be a number of seconds. Anything under five seconds is good. For scanners that can scan multiple pages in a row, though, this will be in pages per minute (PPM). This will generally range from 15 PPM, to 30 PPM on quality scanners. For most home users, either will be fine, but for anyone scanning hundreds of pages at a time, this difference in time will add up.
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Check the dots-per-inch (DPI) rating of the scanners; this determines image quality. Note that if you are just scanning text documents, you do not need anything above 72 DPI, which is standard for text. A DPI of 250 is optimal for basic images, 300 DPI for high-quality photos.
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