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=== Sheetfed{{anchor|Roller scanner}} === [[File:ScanSnap iX500 029 (8703118513).jpg|thumb|An [[automatic document feeder]] ([[Fujitsu]] ScanSnap iX500)]] A sheetfed scanner, also known as a document feeder,<ref>{{cite web | date=n.d. | url=https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/sheet-feeder | title=Definition of sheet feeder | work=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418115952/https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/sheet-feeder | archivedate=April 18, 2024}}</ref> is a type of scanner that uses motor-driven rollers to move one single sheet of paper at a time past a stationary scanning element (two scanning elements, in the case of scanners with duplex functionality).<ref name=sheetfeddef /><ref name=brotherds /> Unlike flatbed scanners, sheetfed scanners are not equipped to scan [[Bookbinding|bound]] material such as books or magazines, nor are they suitable for any material thicker than plain printer paper.<ref name=sheetfeddef>{{cite web | date=n.d. | url=https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/sheet-fed-scanner | title=Definition of sheet-fed scanner | work=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925002449/https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/sheet-fed-scanner | archivedate=September 25, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Mueller | first=Scott | date=1999 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6M1XAAAAYAAJ | title=Upgrading and Repairing PCs | publisher=Que | page=1194 | isbn=9780789719034 | via=Google Books | edition=11th}}</ref> Some sheetfed scanners, called automatic document feeders (ADFs), are capable of scanning several sheets in one session,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.yuenx.com/2021/review-epson-workforce-es-580w-wifi-color-duplex-desktop-scanner-with-adf/ | title=Review: Epson Workforce ES-580W WiFi Color Duplex Desktop Scanner with ADF | first=Michael | last=Yuen | work=Yuenx | date=April 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine | url=https://www.wired.com/2008/01/review-fujitsu/ | title=Review: Fujitsu ScanSnap S300 Scans And Delivers | first=Daniel | last=Dumas | magazine=Wired | publisher=Condé Nast | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120070057/https://www.wired.com/2008/01/review-fujitsu/ | archivedate=November 20, 2015 | date=January 24, 2008}}</ref> although others only accept one page at a time.<ref name=brotherds>{{cite web | url=https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/brother-dsmobile-ds-940dw | title=Brother DSmobile DS-940DW Review | work=PCMag | publisher=Ziff-Davis | last=Harrel | first=William | date=March 2, 2020 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305052834/https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/brother-dsmobile-ds-940dw | archivedate=March 5, 2020}}</ref> Some sheetfed scanners are [[#Portable|portable]], powered by batteries, and have their own storage, eventually transferring stored scans to a computer.<ref name=brotherds />
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