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Noun: hand scanner
  1. A scanner that is moved over the subject to be imaged by hand.
    "Older hand scanners were monochrome, and produced light from an array of green LEDs to illuminate the image; later ones scan in monochrome or colour, as desired."

Type of: digital scanner, image scanner, scanner