They have specialised scanners that allow them to scan passport booklets and other special formfactors without the need of manualy opening and lying them down o

They have specialised scanners that allow them to scan passport booklets and other special formfactors without the need of manualy opening and lying them down on the scanner. The german Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Archives has special setups that allow them to enter bags of torn apart papers to scan... so i wouldn't wonder if they really need to write special drivers for their hardware.