This is something where you get what you pay for. I have a Snap-On Modis Ultra - it certainly works well, but isn't cheap by any means. Same with the scan tools available from Matco, Cornwell, and Mac. Altel's aren't particularly cheap, either. I know that the Snap-On Verus is their top of the line, but they do offer the Solus and I can't remember what the one below the Solus is, but they all work very well. What works well... it really depends on what you're working on. Some vehicles will respond well to a generic scan tool, while others require specific personality keys for the manufacturer. Depends on what you're using it on and what you're trying to do with it. If you're looking at it as something for side work, just get a good one - that Modis has already paid for itself and the update in the year that I've owned it. Now where I was particularly fortunate was my timing - I bought it right as the Edge series was coming out, so my dealer slashed the prices on his Ultra series drastically.
Flatbed scanner
whats it called? a document scanner.
Flatbed
Sheet-fed
No, this pen scanner really only works with text and barcodes.
A price scanner is often found in supermarkets and they allow customers to check the price of any given product. A price scanner works by reading the bar code.
True.
Flatbed Scanner
One that works with OBD II.
A scanner works similarly to a copy machine or Xerox: it takes copies of photos and text documents that are fed into it, then compresses them into a format that can often be edited on a computer.
This scanner works best with paper documents and can scan them in a little as ten seconds for a 10 page document .
sosonike.com/ this helped me, hope it works =