flatbed scanner

American  

noun

1. a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.

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Example Sentences

Last year, an archivist located the negative and brought it to one of Bettman’s labs, where she placed it on a flatbed scanner.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025

This permits the book to be properly scanned into a digital image without pressing it flat on a traditional flatbed scanner and possibly damaging its spine.

From Washington Times • Apr. 30, 2017

Kurzweil is a lifelong fixer and optimizer: early in his career, he invented the flatbed scanner and a machine that reads books aloud to the blind.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017

Scanograms, made by stacking one flatbed scanner on top of another and hitting the “scan” button, resulted in vibrant works that recall photograms and geometric paintings by Piet Mondrian.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2015

It seemed promising, but anything could be faked these days with a PC and flatbed scanner.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer