Translate scannen from Dutch to English

– In facsimile and other optical technologies, to move a light-sensitive device across an image-bearing surface such as a page of text, converting the light and dark areas on the surface to binary digits that can be interpreted by a computer. ¹

– An image-bearing surface such as a single page or multi-page of text or picture that is passed through a scanner and has become a computer file. ¹