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Ricoh’s fi-7600 is the kind of A3 ADF scanner you buy when you’re serious about throughput and you don’t want scanning to turn into a daily “maintenance and faffing about” task. In a UK office that regularly handles invoices, forms, paperwork, or archival-style scanning, the ADF setup is the real value here: you can keep documents moving without babysitting each page. It also tends to be a better fit for teams that need reliable, consistent results across different paper types (as long as they’re not wildly damaged or extremely non-standard).
That said, I wouldn’t buy it just because it’s A3. At £3,639.90 ex-VAT, it’s expensive enough that you should be confident you’ll actually use the capacity and speed regularly. If your “A3” use is occasional, or most of your work is single-page documents and small batches, you’ll likely get better value with a cheaper A3-capable unit or even a faster-feeding smaller form factor. Also, make sure your workflows/software needs are covered before committing—this isn’t a weekend gadget; it’s an office tool, and the best outcome is when it fits neatly into your document management process rather than being bolted on.

Epson
Epson WorkForce DS-1660W - Document scanner - Duplex - A4/Legal - 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi - up to 25 ppm (mono) / up to 25 ppm (colour) - ADF (50 sheets) - up to 1500 scans per day - USB 3.0, Wi-Fi(n)

Epson
Epson WorkForce ES-50 - Sheetfed scanner - Contact Image Sensor (CIS) - A4 - 600 dpi x 600 dpi - up to 300 scans per day - USB 2.0

Canon
Canon imageFORMULA CR-L1 - Document scanner - CMOS / CIS - Duplex - 108 x 228 mm - 300 dpi - up to 45 ppm (mono) / up to 20 ppm (colour) - ADF (50 sheets) - up to 3000 scans per day - USB 2.0

Canon
Canon imageFORMULA DR-S250N - Document scanner - Contact Image Sensor (CIS) - Duplex - 216 x 5588 mm - 600 dpi x 600 dpi - up to 50 ppm (mono) / up to 50 ppm (colour) - ADF (60 sheets) - up to 6000 scans per day - USB 3.2 Gen 1, Gigabit LAN
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