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£45.95 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
An Epson “carrier sheet” set for scanning is the kind of thing that sounds minor until you actually need it—then it saves you time and grief. The usual value is that it helps you feed awkward originals (think fragile, thick, or odd-sized media) through your scanner more reliably, without the scanner behaving like it’s confused. If you regularly scan items that don’t sit nicely on a flatbed—labels, photos, certain documents—or you want cleaner, more consistent results for repeat jobs, these are genuinely worth having. At £38.29 ex-VAT for five sheets, you’re paying for convenience and consistency more than raw content.
That said, this is absolutely not a “buy for everyone” item. If you mostly scan standard documents that lay flat and run through without fuss, you’ll probably never justify the spend. Also, carrier sheets are easy to misjudge—if your scanner model or scanning workflow doesn’t suit them, you end up with expensive plastic you don’t use. I’d only recommend buying if you already know you need carrier sheets for your specific scanning tasks, not as a general accessory. If you want, tell me your scanner model and what you’re scanning, and I’ll say whether this is likely to be money well spent for your setup.

RICOH
Ricoh fi-8150 fi 8150 fi8150- Document scanner - Dual CIS - Duplex - 216 x 355.6 mm - 600 dpi x 600 dpi - up to 50 ppm (mono) / up to 50 ppm (colour) - ADF (100 sheets) - up to 8000 scans per day - Gigabit LAN, USB 3.2 Gen 1

RICOH
Ricoh fi-7480 - Document scanner - Dual CCD - Duplex - 304.8 x 431.8 mm - 600 dpi x 600 dpi - up to 160 ppm (mono) / up to 160 ppm (colour) - ADF (100 sheets) - USB 3.0

HP
HP ScanJet Enterprise Flow 5000 s5 - Document scanner - CMOS / CIS - Duplex - 216 x 3100 mm - 600 dpi x 600 dpi - up to 65 ppm (mono) / up to 65 ppm (colour) - ADF (80 sheets) - up to 7500 scans per day - USB 3.0

Epson
Epson DS-770 II - Document scanner - Contact Image Sensor (CIS) - Duplex - 215.9 x 6096 mm - 600 dpi x 600 dpi - up to 45 ppm (mono) / up to 45 ppm (colour) - ADF (100 sheets) - up to 7000 scans per day - USB 3.0