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Why aren't there any scanners using a photo camera technology for fast scanning? Or are they? [closed]
Occasionally, when I need to scan a paper but have no scanner nearby I use my digital photo camera to take a picture of it. The pictures are not perfect due to lack of paper being pressed/aligned, bad ...
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Canon Pixus MP270: Scanner needs to be replaced so cannot print
I get the error code (2P) and cannot print because the scanner went out. I do not wish to replace the scanner, just printing would be fine. I have used the error clearing routine but the computer ...
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Partial page scanning
We have about 30,400 sheets of paper. Each sheet of paper has an ID that is written by hand as shown in picture:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46620806@N05/8677946233/in/photostream/lightbox/
I'm ...
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Best Way to Calibrate Printer to Generic Ink
I bought refillable ink cartridges for my Canon MP550 and generic ink bottles from a Chinese store.
I have so far managed to manually adjust the color options in the printer dialog to match the ...
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Is there such a thing as a network connected scanner below £300 [closed]
Is there such a device as a scanner that is below £300 SOHO quality and price that can be plugged straight into the network and scan to any PC on that network or as a stand-alone device send out an ...
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Where can I find the divider sheet template for Panasonic kv-s3065c scanner
The Panasonic kv-s3065c scanner can recognize separation sheets to split the documents. The manual states that the PDF can be found on the CD... but the software is distributed on-line and I can't ...
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Canon CanoScan LiDE 20 drivers for Windows 7 x64
Trying to set this scanner up on Windows 7 on my machine.
The options are:
Purchase VueScan (Not interested in using VueScan to resolve this issue)
Try using a Virtual Machine with XP and ...
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How do I use Brother software to scan to Email?
I have a Brother MFC 6490CW and we recently installed the software for it on Windows 7.
Before it automatically opened Outlook 2010 when we told it to scan to an email because it was the default mail ...
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Aborted software install - epson perfection 3200 on Windows 7 64-bit
I just upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit, and boy this is a challenge to old hardware to work. I tried to install my software for my 3200 perfection scanner straight form autoplay. When it tried to ...
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Extra output on barcode scanning
I have a CipherLab 1000 scanner.
It seems as if the scan-result has a prefix? When I scan an ISBN 9788799412143, it gives this output: M139788799412143.
Another book has this barcode at the back: ...
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Rectification of handheld scanned image
I am trying to reproduce the image of a painting printed in a heavy book. This circumstance makes impossible to use a flat bed scanner for the job. So I am using a handheld one.
After several tries I ...
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Blue horizontal lines when scanning with color
I have an HP Scanjet G2410 flatbed scanner that was working perfectly until now.
When I try to scan something in color I get these large horizontal lines at the top and bottom of the picture. For ...
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Does ScanSnap S300M have storage capability?
Does ScanSnap S300M keeps copies of items that I've copied via it, and, if so, how I can access them? For example
if I've used it to copy & then print a page (and did not save it on my computer), ...
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Error “Scanner Model not supported by Epson TWAIN” in XP Mode VM (on Win7-64 Host)?
I have Windows 7 64-bit Professional – specifically professional rather than Home because I was told Virtual Machine (XP Mode) will let me run older devices that previously worked well on XP ...
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How to scan a monochrome batch of documents that has one colour or grayscale page in between?
We scan thousands of batches a day (a batch is a set of related documents). A batch is scanned to a multi-page TIFF image(monochrome).
One of the documents in a batch may be a ID document, which is ...
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How do I scan an image with 48-bit color output with CanoScan LiDE60?
I have a Canon CanoScan LiDE60 flatbed scanner that is supposed to have 48-bit color input and output according to the specification. That's 16-bit color depth per channel with the RGB color model, ...
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Canon MF Toolbox always “not responding”? Scanning not working
I'm using a Windows Vista 32 bit.
I just recently installed the softwares and drivers for my Canon ImageCLASS MF 8080CW printer (all were successfully installed), and decided to test out the ...
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A scanner driver that attach files from computer
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I have a rather specific problem while using an old internally developed application at my work.
I need to attach a file, but the application only has a scan ...
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How to scan an image and automatically crop it to the scanned content with a linux command line tool?
I need to scan lots of small items with quite similar, but not the exact same, size.
What I thought I'd like to do is:
Run a linux command line tool with the file name as a parameter which runs the ...
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Print & Scan not showing a Scan Tab in Mac OS 10.7.5
This seems to be a widespread issue? Some people suggest that restoring Lion will fix the problem, at least temporarily. Seems pretty heavy handed to me.
Can anyone explain how to fix this problem ...
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Epson V370 Scanner - One-Button Scanning Possible?
I have an Epson V370 scanner, which claims to offer "one-button scanning". However, all the buttons on the scanner actually just open a scanning application on the PC.
I want to be able to press a ...
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CanoScanLiDE 25 driver for OS X Mountain Lion
The Canon driver says "not supported" – is there any way to keep using this device after a Mountain Lion upgrade from Snow Leopard?
The inability to use the peripheral was an unexpected side-effect ...
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Mustek 1200 UB Plus on Windows 7 64-bit
I have a Mustek 1200 UB Plus scanner. Is it possible to install this on Windows 7? There are no drivers for it for 64-bit Windows.
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Are there any all-in-one printers that allow scanning after the ink ran out?
The ink of my Canon PIXMA MP280 all-in-one inkjet printer just ran out and I realized that not only I cannot print but I cannot scan (which doesn't need any ink, of course).
Upon making some further ...
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Utility for scanning stacks of double-sided documents
I have a simplex scanner with document feeder, and am looking for the best way to scan double-sided notes. It would be useful to be able to scan the same stack twice, once flipped, and have a utility ...
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can iphone camera be used to photograph/scan a line of text into a readable pic for notes, like a pen scanner? [closed]
pen scanners cost too much and, according to Amazon reviews, might produce bad results, break down and otherwise misbehave. So I was thinking if perhaps iphone could be used as an alternative for ...
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HP Scanjet 3800 doesn't scan full page
I have a HP Scanjet 3800.
From some days ago it doesn't fully scan the page.
The carriage move back when it arrive to 5-6 cm to the end of page & leaves 5-6 cm at the end of page unscanned.
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A port scanner or proxy server for testing UDP (or all other) protocols on particular (or all) ports
I have a problem GPS localizer (TK102), that is probably sending out data over UDP, but my server isn't receiving it (while it does from other clients, using UDP and this IP/port).
I asked on ...
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How does the Epson GT-2500 line's Ethernet Scanning work with Linux? [closed]
Epson makes and GT-2500 line of scanners with a 50 page ADF that has an optional Ethernet card. A refurbished model with the card included is $299. That's pretty reasonable for a network scanner. What ...
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Why shouldn't I attach laser printers or scanners to a UPS?
I have an FSP EP1000 UPS.
The User's Manual says:
CAUTION: NEVER connect a laser printer or scanner to the UPS unit.
This may cause the damage of the unit.
Why is this restriction?
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How can I share my scanner from Windows Vista?
Is it possible to share the scanner function of my multi-function printer (HP PSC 1315 all-in-one) attached to my Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP2 machine so that is available to other computers on ...
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How do I install the Fujitsu fi-4120C scanner on Windows 7 64-bit?
The Fujitsu fi-4120C scanner is not officially supported in Windows 7, but in the past I know I've somehow got it installed using the Vista driver.
Unfortunately I can't remember what steps I took ...
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How can I “scan” an image at a set DPI using a camera?
I want to scan a check so I can upload it to my bank's website for electronic deposit. The bank requires the image to be a JPG of at least 200 DPI. Unfortunately, I do not have a scanner, just a ...
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Epson Perfection-640u working on Mac Lion?
I have a perfectly working Epson Perfection 640U , after the upgraden it is standing gathering dust .
Has anybody got this working under Lion ??
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Add computers to HP CM1312 NFI MFP Scanner
Does anyone happen to know how to add computers to the "Select Computer" menu of HP CM1312 NFI MFP Scanner?
I remember that there was a check box somewhere in the application but it didn't work ...
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Is there an alternative driver for canon scanner 3000F on windows 7 x64?
My good old scanner is a Canon Canoscan 3000F. It seems to be lacking a 64 bit driver on windows, or so it seems when I check Canon's site. I tried Vuescan, which provides alternative drivers for old ...
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Remotely connect to USB scanner via LogMeIn or similar service
Is it possible to connect a USB scanner (Fujitsu ScanSnap) to a Windows machine and through LogMeIn or similar remote desktop apps/services be able to send the scanner connection to the remote ...
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How do I bring a stuck scanner back to life?
I was scanning a bunch of papers and had scanned several of them when it happened. The SimpleScan program that I used just died (the window disappeared). The scanner stopped it the middle of the ...
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Can the HP Officejet Pro 8600 scan to PDF without being hooked up to a computer?
I'm looking at buying an HP Officejet 8600. Can the HP Officejet Pro 8600 scan to PDF without being hooked up to a computer? Will I be able to pop in a flash drive and hit scan, and then run off.
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Scanning a document: device not ready error
I recently bought a Samsung SCX-4623F Printer-Copier-Scanner-Fax machine. Printing and copying work fine, but I have been unable to scan anything with it.
The device is connected to a PC running ...
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Flatbed Document Scanner
I have a flatbed scanner hooked up to my older WinXP machine. When I hit the scan button it brings up the prompt asking to what program I want to run. Is there a registry edit, program that will allow ...
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What should I look for in optical/hardware resolution when buying a scanner?
I'm debating between these two scanners:
Canon CanoScan LiDE 110 Flatbed Colour Scanner 2400DPI 48/24BIT USB2.0
Epson Perfection V33 Flatbed Scanner USB2.0 9600X4800DPI
I've got some old family ...
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Why won't any button in MF Toolbox (scanning software for Canon MF3010) do anything?
I just bought a Canon MF3010 laser printer/scanner. The printer's great, but I can't get it to scan using the MF Toolbox software (which is the only way to scan to pdf format, I believe).
It will ...
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printer/scanner driver for HP PSC 1210 on Windows XP?
I'm selling our HP PSC 1210 printer/scanner to a colleague at work. She tried using it on a work computer running Windows XP, and after downloading a printer driver, can't seem to get the scanner to ...
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Epson Artisan 725 scanner - does not work over 600dpi
Epson Artisan 725 scanner works fine up to and including 600 dpi. Scans over 600 dpi (1200 etc) fail with 'communication error' from scanner.
Works fine at all resolutions with Windows 7 (Virtualbox)
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Use scanner connected to router's printer port (USB)
I have the HP printer/scanner (DeskJet 2050 All-in-one) an wireless router D-Link Dir 320 with printer port (USB). So I connected the printer to this port, and can print form all computers at home.
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Looking for Lexmark X422 MFP scanner software
I've got a Lexmark X422 printer and I'd like to use it on my computer as a scanner (it is installed locally).
Currently, I can scan in pages via Photoshop, but I'd like to use a more specific ...
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How to set the same crop settings for all documents being scanned?
I'm scanning a lot of images using Windows Fax & Scan. I reduced the DPI to speed up the process. All photos are the same size, so I was wondering if I can crop them all at once.
Right now, I ...
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My scanner isn't responding. It is connected to a SCSI interface using Windows XP
I have a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL scanner. The best part about it is that it is 12x17 inches. Wowza! The worst part about it is that I've had it working at one point, with the same cable, same card, ...
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What's the most reliable, accurate & least manual shopping/expenses paper receipt/bill/invoice automated OCR scanner solution (hw+sw) on Windows? [closed]
I'm looking to automate tracking my expenses by scanning in receipts/bills/invoices from purchases at shops etc.
What's the most reliable (i.e. most accurate and consistent) and least manual ...
