Plustek PL806

For undemanding small or home office (SOHO) users who want a low-priced scanner that's also versatile enough to scan both photos and documents, the Plustek SmartOffice PL806 is a worthwhile candidate. But if performance is vital, you'd be better off...

The PL806 performs admirably as an office-based document scanner. It's not so great at handling photographs, but regardless of content it's fast and the ADF tray and range of applications make it very efficient at handling high volumes with ease.

50-page automatic document feeder ; Creates searchable PDFs via a single push button

Slower than other document scanners ; Doesn't perform duplex scanning automatically

For undemanding SOHO users who want a low-priced scanner that's also versatile enough to scan both photos and documents, the PL806 is a worthwhile candidate. But if performance is vital, you'd be better off paying a bit more for a speedier duplex scanner