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Step 4 — Certified equipment
Agencies reject bad images. Cheap, uncertified platens are how new shops burn their first month in reprints and angry applicants.
Required
- FBI Appendix F certified ten-print scanner (LiveScan360 standard: Xperix RealScan-SG10)
- Modern Windows PC or laptop you control
- Wired internet at a fixed desk; cellular backup for mobile
- State-approved capture and submission software
Skip
- Amazon “fingerprint scanner” USB toys
- Used devices with no serial history or warranty
- Proprietary laptops you cannot replace locally
- Building a shop around one OEM that you cannot support
The SG10 is compact enough for a padded mobile case and serious enough for a fixed desk. Existing RealScan-G10 units can stay in service on supported software. Browse hardware.