but the lip on the edge of most flatbed scanners keeps the document from touching the platen properly. [Matthew] decided to hack his Canon LiDE 90 scanner to use it in a face-down format.

Flatbed scanners, like the budget-friendly Canon CanoScan Lide 400 Slim, offer impressive versatility by scanning important documents, printed photos, and pages in books with similar care.

The Canon Canoscan Lide 300 may be seven years old already but it delivers superb value for money as it is the cheapest branded A4 flatbed scanner right now. Wirecutter describes it as being ...