Sure, smartphones are decent scanners in a pinch, thanks to their high-quality cameras and specialized scanning apps. However ...

Whether you need to scan family photos, piles of documents, or expense receipts, a scanner out there is built for the task. Here's how to shop for the right one, plus the top performers in our lab ...

Today's all-in-one printers suffice for the occasional scan, but photo buffs and family archivists alike ... including our best photo scanner for most people, Canon's CanoScan LiDE 400.

And best of all, it's free. All told, I scanned about 1,800 photos ... photos on a flatbed scanner's glass. My sister-in-law ...

Whether you need to scan family photos, piles of documents ... can digitize them all and ready them for the shredder. See the best models we've tested, plus sage advice for finding a document ...

to deliver high-resolution digital scans of all your old photos. The 5-inch LCD display even lets you view every scan live, so what could have been dull archival duty turns into a fun family ...