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“combined” printer and scanner for linux

Can anyone recommend a combined scanner and printer (so that the photocopying and the faxing capabiities can be used autonomously, even when the computer is off) which works reasonably well with ...
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MsMpEng.exe (Windows Defender?) uses a lot of CPU at startup and runs two instances on a single core machine

I'm using Windows XP Professional SP2 on a single core AMD64 processor, and I've got two instances of MsMpEng.exe starting up when I start up and log in. They use 64MB and 32MB of ram and 140MB and ...
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Replacement Fax and Scanner

I have been asked to get a replacement Scanner and Fax machine. Can anyone recommend any? Also should I get separate units or are multifunctional devices that do everything just as good? Must be ...
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Weird noise while scanning, using scanimage and a Canon Lide 35

I'm trying to scan a bunch of images, using xsane's scanimage : scanimage --format=tiff --batch --batch-prompt This command scans the first picture perfectly, but as soon as I press enter, the ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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complete scan windows to find any issues and fix them

I remember there was a phrase we type in 'Run box'/ command-line and insert windows CD in drive, then it scans whole system for probable errors and fix them. Would you please say it? Or Any new ...
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Having trouble with EPSON Stylus SX130 scanner

I am trying to scan files with an EPSON Stylus SX130 on windows 7 x64. When i plug in the printer, windows automatically find drivers for printing, but not for scanning. So i go to the manufacturer ...
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The driver for my Visioneer One Touch 6600USB will not install

I have followed all instructions thrice carefully. When I try to install the driver, I get a message that the install failed as the driver is for the One Touch 6600 only. The scanner is not attached ...
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Where is MSPSCAN.EXE in Windows 7?

Is there a new version MSPSCAN.EXE in Windows 7? Or i can't find it?
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Scanners: why are they so expensive? [closed]

Archiving a lot of my paper documents takes a long time. I'm looking to buy a fast scanner that has "adf": (automatic document feed). However, all the ADF scanners I'm seeing (eg hp scanjet 5590) ...
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How to scan a document using printer HP 3015 on fedora14?

I was able to successfully print a document using HP 3015 printer connected to a fedora14 system locally via usb but I am not able to scan any document using the same. The printer does support ...
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Fast scanning of handwritten documents

I need to regularly take black and white scans of some notes written on A4 size sheets. There are a lot of this, and so speed is more important to me than quality — it just needs to be ...
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abby fine reader page layout

I have to scan and ocr an entire book using abby fine reader. do you know how can i define a zone of interest to scan all the pages of the book? I don;t wish to scan and recognize (header, footer, ...
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Generic scanner driver for Mac

I have an old CanoScan D646u scanner (~2003). I can't find any drivers for it on the Mac OS X (10.6.6). Is there something I can do? I'm thinking of a generic TWAIN driver, if that would work. I'm not ...
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How to use Canon LiDE 70 scanner with Windows 7?

I have used my Canon LiDE 70 scanner with the Canon Toolbox software on Windows Vista. Now I have installed Windows 7. I downloaded a driver and installed it when I connected the scanner. But it was ...
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Can the Epson V700 be used with an Airport Extreme and an HDD at the same time?

I have a MacBook Pro, Snow Leopard, an Epson V700 Scanner and a standard external 1TB Hard Drive used for Time Machine. I'm thinking of buying an Airport Extreme. Two questions: Can I use the ...
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Installing Canon D2400U Scanner on XP x64

I'm trying to install an old scanner D2400U from Canon on a Windows XP 64bit SP2. I have found an official driver at canon, ScanGear CS-U 6.1.1d, but when trying to install the scanner (found new ...
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How do I troubleshoot CanoScan LIDE20 on Ubuntu 9.10 in VirtualBox?

This may be a VirtualBox question more than anything else. The host OS is Win7, which sees the scanner, but has no drivers for it. VirtualBox sees & recognizes the scanner as "Cannon Scan" and ...
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how to run a program using command line with parameters on Mac OS X

I'm trying to use APIKit to scan my codes to detect if there is private API. apiscanner should run as apiscanner ~/Desktop/MyPath/myapp.app I used command 'cd' go to the directory where ...
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Scanning to PDF/A on Linux

PDF/A is one of the best formats to archive my documents. What Linux software would allow me to scan documents to PDF/A ? A PNG→PDF/A or TIFF→PDF/A tool would be fine too.
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Old Visioneer 5800 on Windows 7 64-bit?

Does anyone know of a way to get an old Visioneer 5800 scanner that's supposed to work with nothing past Windows XP SP1 to work on Windows 7 64-bit? I don't care about all the bells and whistles, ...
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What to watch out when getting a photo scanner?

What should one keep an eye on when buying a lower medium grade scanner which can scan normal stuff, as well as 35mm film (the regular one) ? I don't have any experience with scanning film, but have ...
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Easiest or Best Free Way to Scan to PDF in Windows XP

I have a scanner (part of an HP PSC 1315 multifunction printer, if that makes any difference). I've recently paved my Windows XP machine and appear to have lost the software for the printer. This ...
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Canon scanner lide 600f linux driver

Are there any driver for canon lide 600f in Linux ?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...