It's not often that I sit down with a product to test and keep saying things like, "Wow, they got that right, too." But the Canon DR-1210C ($400 street) is that kind of product. It earns the "wow" not just because it does an extraordinarily good job of things that almost every other document scanner does badly. For instance, it lets you choose a type of scan from a descriptive name instead of an arbitrary number. It delivers the extra flourishes despite being one of the least expensive flatbed document scanners available—it's truly affordable for a home office, small office, or for use as a personal scanner in a larger office.