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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Mon Jun 22 08:23:56 2020, in response to Scanner 101 questions, posted by Express Rider on Mon Jun 22 05:09:46 2020. Sorry that I'm not read to answer all your questions here, but just a few thoughts that may or may not help:A lot of wireless printers can be programmed to scan to a particular device connected to the network. I've never purchased a dedicated "scanner" even though I've purchased devices that can scan. But of course you would have to look at price comparisons and see what's worth it. I have a wireless printer that also scans to devices on the network (and photocopies too). The other option also is to have a printer/copier that takes a USB (a portable drive that you put in your pocket) plug in - it can put the copied file on the USB for it. And you can carry your files around from place to place. It may also be a possibility, with an advanced copier/printer, to simply change the size (by zooming in or out) of a given image/file and then you can scan. And finally, if you have a smartphone, it is often just as effective to take a picture of something with the camera as it is to scan it. But unfortunately, I don't know much about dedicated scanners - I don't think I've ever used one. |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Mon Jun 22 10:45:36 2020, in response to Scanner 101 questions, posted by Express Rider on Mon Jun 22 05:09:46 2020. Depends on what you want to do. Black Friday I bought a wifi Canon inkjet printer/scanner for $19.I was impressed that it comes with a scanner utility. I just select pdf, or photo, and it scans, crops, and saves it for you. I just change the name of the files. Much more efficient than the old days where I open paint, scan, crop, rotate, etc. It's lovely as the Brits would say. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jun 22 11:31:34 2020, in response to Scanner 101 questions, posted by Express Rider on Mon Jun 22 05:09:46 2020. If you're not going to do much scanning, you can buy an app for your smartphone that uses the camera as a document or photo scanner. The quality will be less than a real scanner, though. The iPhone has this feature built in.1. You can Google anything to find out what it costs, although it doesn't tell you if it's "decent." Also, it depends on what you would consider decent. I haven't had to buy a scanner in a long time, and I've only ever bought all in ones which are also printers. 2. This is irrelevant. It's about whether the object you want to scan fits on the bed, or in the feeder. Documents/images aren't stored based on their physical size, but based on their resolution. 3. Yes, but you're not going to improve on the resolution from whatever the scanner's resolution is. 4. Again, irrelevant. You can always scale down the resolution of the image file that you get if you want to save space. You're better off scanning using the largest resolution and then having the computer take care of it. You should keep the "originals" for posterity since once you lower the resolution, you can't bring it back. This is actually how most scanners work anyway, but if you have one with a flash drive port or an e-mail feature, you can set the resolution on the scanner (since the computer isn't involved). If you're scanning to the computer, then you're using software on the computer to do that. 5. That old a computer might not be compatible with the software that comes with the scanner, or any software you might want to buy. Check the system requirements of whatever scanner you buy. The scanner itself will work automatically without the use of any third-party software (Windows has built in scanning software), and the scanner will either come with a disc with extra software that you can install or will tell you where to download it from. If you buy a network scanner, it depends on how good you are connecting things to your Wifi. |
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Posted by Express Rider on Mon Jun 29 23:45:48 2020, in response to Re: Scanner 101 questions, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jun 22 11:31:34 2020. Thanks to all for your answers. Much appreciated! |
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