Kodak & Ricoh (Score 1)

As someone who scans with the purpose of OCR for a living, I can only talk to what I have used. For the most part we have found that the Kodak and Ricoh (which can be found re-branded as Bell&Howell scanners as well) are very durable and lasting. My organization is doing roughly 40,000 scans a week with a Ricoh IS450DE and an Kodak 2500D. Both have their pros and cons - as I would choose the Ricoh over the Kodak any day. We have recently started buying scanners the eBay route as we have found that a great scanner can last for years and there is always someone selling an almost new one for 70% off list. Great way for our money crunched business to save some $$$. I have found that most of the issues that I have to address with scanning have been at the software side - virtual rescanning (VRS) and using cards like Kofax. Hope this helps!