>Scanning 700 A4 pages with a flatbed scanner
Your time and money are better spent going out and buying a second-hand office laser printer with a document feed scanner.
>>61475751
>use a scanning service
>go to a library and use their scanner
>build a small device to roll pages in and out the scanner
>>61475751
Did that once when I was a kid. Turned out to break the scanner around the 63rd page.
>>61475751
Fujitsu ScanSnap costs like $500 new and you can sell it for $400 used when you're done as they hold resale value really well.
Better yet, you can buy used ScanSnap for $400 and sell it afterwards for $400. You will only have spent about $60 in shipping both ways.