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18 Mar, 2026







£637.86 inc. VAT
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The Epson WorkForce DS-870 is one of those “serious office, not home” sheet‑fed scanners, and at **£531.55 ex‑VAT** you’re paying for reliability in everyday document handling rather than flashy performance claims. If you’re scanning a steady volume of paperwork—forms, invoices, HR docs, accounts returns—and you want something that feels built for repeat use, this is a sensible buy. Epson’s workflow focus usually helps too: it tends to integrate well with typical document capture setups, so you’re less likely to end up fighting software during busy weeks.
That said, it’s not automatically the right choice. If you only need occasional scanning, the cost and admin around getting it configured (plus routine maintenance/consumables expectations of sheet‑fed models) can be hard to justify. Also, if your scanning is heavy-duty in a very specific way—odd page sizes, thick mixed media, or lots of brittle originals—you’ll want to sanity-check that your document types match what a sheet‑fed daily driver is meant for. Overall: **worth it for UK offices that need dependable batch scanning**, and **overkill for light, sporadic scanning**.

Canon
Canon imageFORMULA DR-C340 - Document scanner - CMOS / CIS - Duplex - Legal - 600 dpi - up to 40 ppm (mono) / up to 40 ppm (colour) - ADF (100 sheets) - up to 7000 scans per day - USB 2.0

Epson
Epson WorkForce DS-1730 - Document scanner - Duplex - 215.9 x 3048 mm - 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi - up to 30 ppm (mono) / up to 30 ppm (colour) - ADF (60 sheets) - up to 3000 scans per day - USB 2.0

RICOH
RICOH Meeting 360 V2. 3-in-1, 360�, Plug-and-Play Conference Camera/Microphone/Speaker, 1920x1080, 3.6m/6m Video/Audio pickup range, 3x8W speakers. Auto-White Balance & Exposure, Auto-Gain Control, compatible with Windows�, MacOS�. Microsoft Teams�,

RICOH
Ricoh fi-8190 fi 8190 fi8190 - Document scanner - Dual CIS - Duplex - 216 x 355.6 mm - 600 dpi x 600 dpi - up to 90 ppm (mono) / up to 90 ppm (colour) - ADF (100 sheets) - up to 13000 scans per day - Gigabit LAN, USB 3.2 Gen 1