Canon imageFORMULA DR-M1060

Handles tabloid (11-by-17 inch) and larger paper. Duplexer. Extraordinarily fast text recognition for scanning to searchable PDF files.

Raw scan speed is slower than the claimed speed in our tests. Speed for scanning to searchable PDF format is uneven on several programs.

If you need to scan at tabloid-size and larger, and need higher-volume scanning than the Canon imageFormula DR-M1060 can handle, you'll be better off with one of the Kodak models. The Editors' Choice Kodak i3250 is the obvious candidate if you need its...

The Canon DR-M1060 does lack a few of the more advanced features (direct network support, barcode detection as standard) that you might get from the highest end models. However, those do tend to be considerably more expensive again. For larger...