Offices with heavy-duty scanning demands would do well to consider the Epson WorkForce DS-60000 Document Scanner ($2,899 direct). This color duplex (two-sided) scanner can quickly scan large jobs, including tabloid size (and even longer banners), and has a large flatbed for scanning more delicate materials. Although it didn't quite match its rated speeds, it should be fast enough for most offices needing high-volume scanning, and it can scan wider documents than standard scanners. The DS-60000 is built for high-volume scanning, with a daily duty cycle of up to 5,000 pages, and is rated at 40 pages per minute (ppm) for simplex (one-sided) scanning and 80 images per minute (ipm) for duplex (two-sided) scanning, where each side of a page counts as one image. The 59-pound DS-60000 has a 25.2-by-18.5-inch footprint, so you'll want to set it up on a table or bench of its own. On top is a 200-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF) that fits paper up to tabloid and A3 (11.77-inch) width—...
The Epson WorkForce DS-60000 Document Scanner is a massive scanner built for fast, high-volume scanning of documents at up to tabloid width.
Heavy-duty scanning at up to tabloid width; Tabloid-sized flatbed; Very good OCR accuracy; 200-sheet ADF
Very large for a scanner; A bit slower than its rated speeds for simplex and duplex scanning; Even slower at scanning to searchable PDF; Limited software selection