In today’s technologically advanced world, if need arises to print or scan anything while traveling, the answer is a portable printer and scanner. These two are something that can set aside a lot of hassle if one suddenly needs to print or scan something while on the go. Other than this, long travel time frames can also be utilized by taking these two along. A portable printer and scanner can make an office mobile.

A number of brands of these machines are available in the market at varied prices, offering different functionality, quality and speed of printing and scanning. A number of models of portable printers are there to choose from according to your requirements. If there is a need to print different types of documents, the Canon Pixma IP90 (priced around $250) and the HP Deskjet 450 models (ranging $250 – $ 350) are available. Both these machines are capable of printing text and color images on standard paper or photo paper. There is another model from HP called Photosmart that is used for printing pictures only. All these models provide quality printing. However, if the printing quality is not that important, then there is the Planon Printstik PS905 portable printer (priced around $300) that can print from any device which uses Bluetooth technology. But with this model, the prints look like as if they were printed from a fax machine.

Apart from printing quality, printing speed and size and weight of the machines also need to be considered. Other things that need consideration before buying are – if the model includes a battery or not, if it comes with power adapters that can be used in cars, if wireless printing technology is there, etc.

To speak about portable scanners, a variety of models are out there with superior portability and OCR capabilities. The IRISPen 6 is one such scanner launched in August 2007. It is very much user friendly, supports many interfacing languages other than English and provides fast and precise scanning. There is another model called TravelScan Pro of Ambir Technology that consists of a scanner and software called PaperPort. It is very light weight and speedy. Again, there is the Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M, the smallest ADF scanner available today. It is made for the Apple Mac system. While scanning, it converts data into PDF files. So, with all these models available on the market, it is not very difficult to decide which one will fit the requirement and make mobile working a reality. Visit portable printers and scanners or 35mm negative film scanner for further information.