As you might guess from its name, the HP Scanjet Pro 3000 s2 Sheet-fed Scanner ($449.99 direct) is the next generation version of the HP Scanjet Professional 3000 Sheet-feed Scanner, which HP has stopped making, but is still available on the Web at this writing. What you might not guess is that despite some minor changes to the hardware, the more significant improvements are in the software, with a new scan utility that makes scanning easier, faster, and a lot more convenient. The result is a much improved package that's well worth considering. Like the HP 3000 before it, the 3000 s2 is meant as a personal desktop scanner for any size office. It offers the same 50-sheet capacity for the automatic document feeder (ADF) and the same ability to handle paper at up to 8.5 by 34 inches. According to HP, changes in the hardware are limited to minor issues, like improvements in the tray and control buttons. The scan utility, on the other hand, is new. The original HP 3000 came with appl...
The HP Scanjet Pro 3000 s2 Sheet-feed Scanner is a little slow, but it delivers easy one-step scanning to destinations ranging from Word documents to email to the cloud.
Duplex scans; Allows one-step scans to a variety of formats including image PDF, searchable PDF, and Word documents
Image processing adds substantial time to the raw scan speed; even for scanning to image PDF format