Do scanners have memories?

How Document Scanners Handle Data. Most document scanners contain both nonvolatile storage (NVRAM) and volatile memory (SDRAM). Nonvolatile memory stores program data, scanner settings, and calibration data. The data from scanned documents is stored in volatile memory.



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The TSA has stated publicly on its website, in videos and in statements to the press that images cannot be stored on the machines and that images are deleted from the scanners once an airport operator has examined them. The administration has also insisted that the machines are incapable of sending images.

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