Plustek SecureScan X50 Passport Scanner

Handheld scanners are most appropriate for small originals that are no bigger than the scanner itself. In theory, hand scanners allow you to scan a large original in more than one pass and "stitch" the scans together into a final image, but this is not a preferable scanning method.

If your scanner doesn't provide a good quality dust removal feature, removing the dust from your photos with canned air before scanning will take less time than manually removing dust marks with a photo editing program afterwards.

If your scanner gives a ‘Scanner Access failed’ or a ‘Scanner not found’ message it may be because your scanner wasn't switched on before you started your computer.