Sul sito web Digit-Life è stata pubblicata la comparativa tra 3 scanner Visioneer. I modelli testati sono i seguenti:

• One Touch 8920 USB
• One Touch 9020 USB
• Strobe XP 100

These are good general-purpose flatbed scanners. They have a reserve of the carriage step. However, it doesn't make the image quality much better. The new flat model looks quite successful, but the latest technologies go along with cost reduction. Probably, engines with small steps are the most popular today and do not affect the price. At the same time, the company saves on a power switch and a cover protecting the lamp of the transparent materials scanning module. It's arguable whether it's worth saving on scanning area of transparent materials for a flatbed scanner. 1200 dpi is not enough for 35mm films, and only a small part of the ruler is used. A larger backlight area wouldn't make the price much higher, and it would attract owners of archivers of wide films and records. On the other hand, they make less than one per cent of potential buyers, and others would have to overpay. Probably, lights of different size would be the right solution.

Strobe XP 100 is an exotic solution. It can be a good companion for a notebook, - it turns such computer into a fax and lets quickly copy a document; but in a library it's better to use a usual scanner. If you want to copy photos for inkjet printing without enlargement, this model can be a good choice too. The maximum resolution can be useful only for scanning small fonts for further recognition.