How Does a Flatbed Document Scanner Work?
It may shock you to find out that scanners have been around for almost 100 years – but with developments over the last few years, scan quality and functionality has rapidly increased, whilst making it more affordable to have within the home as well as the office. So, How Does a Flatbed Scanner Work? In terms of home and office computing, a flatbed document scanner is simply a device that can scan and convert photos or paper documents into a digital format. It is composed of a glass scanning bed (or plate), underneath which is either a bright light to illuminate the glass and a moving optical detector to scan the image – or a moving set of red, green and blue LEDs, strobed for illumination with a photo-diode for light collection. How To Use a Flatbed Scanner When a user wants to scan, the user lifts the hinged lid of the scanner and places the document to be scanned face down on the glass scanning bed and an opaque cover placed over it to exclude ambient light, ready for the image senso
