Are Scanner an Input or Output Device?

Scanner is an input device used for direct data entry from the source document into the computer system. It converts the document image into digital form so that it can be fed into the computer.

Why scanner is not an output device?

Scanner is not an output device which is used to scan images and photographs and prints and transfer it into the computer for other uses. ... Rest all are output devices because they are not directly or indirectly connected to the computer.

Is scanner an example of output device?

Keyboard, mouse and scanner falls under input devices category. Because as the name indicates mouse and keyboard gives input to the computer. Similarly scanner gives the physical media like paper or document as input and produces the digital format as output. ... So they are output devices.