Questions tagged [document-scanning]
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Ghost images when copying but not when scanning or printing
Samsung M2876ND MFC is causing ghost images when any document is copied via the copy button on the device. The ghost images do not overlap the real images, but are printed several inches away.
But ...
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Add DIN B4 format to scan formats
we are using Kyocera 4054ci printers in our office and one department regularly scans files in the DIN B4 format, which is not available in the formats provided by Kyocera.
Is it possible to manually ...
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Document scanner Panasonic KV-N1058X: Wrong image height
It was one of my bigger mistakes that I bought a Panasonic KV-N1058X a few months ago. I am having all sorts of problems with it, but yesterday I noticed something that stopped me immediately from ...
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Does the Canon MF Scan Utility Support scanning multiple pages into individual files?
I have a stack of invoices that I would like to scan into individual files so I can send to different people. Is there any way to do that on through the MF Scan app? Or if not, any other options?
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How can I scan a document without losing the original quality?
I am scanning in pages from an old book so that I can recreate the font of this book, but the letters are pretty small and if I scan them in at 150 or 300 dpi I won't get the details needed to ...
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Tool for turning document photos to pdf [closed]
I want to compile photos of my notebooks (taken with phone) into a pdf.
The photos are mostly black and white, with some red and blue.
They need perspective adjustments because they are not taken ...
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Scan COA Sticker
We are a OEM manufacture and want to prevent errors on read/write windows key.
Is there any way to scan the licence key with a hand scanner or something else (mobile camera + software) of the COA ...
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batch download from camscanner
Is there a way to bulk-download from the Camscanner mobile app? I've got lots of docs in Camscanner cloud there that I would like to retrieve, but I cannot find a way to download them all except for ...
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2-Sided "book" scanning vs. 2-Sided "tablet" scanning?
HP Scanners with Auto Document Feeders (ADF) offer "2-sided (book)" scanning and "2-sided (tablet)" scanning.
There is no documentation to explain the difference, and searching the internet comes up ...
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scanimage on ADF not working with --batch
I want to scan multiple file with an ADF.
This is my device:
luca@luca-server:~$ sudo scanimage -L
device `xerox_mfp:libusb:001:006' is a Samsung SCX-3400 Series multi-function peripheral
If I run ...
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How can I convert a .png image to .pdf with OCR text? [closed]
I have a .png file that is a screenshot of an article I found online. I would like a PDF version of it, with all the text selectable.
Are there any apps or tools that do that?
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How to effectively scan 130,000 paper pages in 10 days
I have a rather large project which will ultimately benefit society, and I'm looking for all the help I can muster.
I have about 130,000 pages that need to be digitized. Many of them are in packages ...
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How can a scanned document have multiple layers in resulting PDF?
A colleague and I find ourselves at odds about the details of a transaction. As proof to support his claims, I asked him to send me a copy of an invoice form he received with an order. The colleague ...
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Windows 10 Cortana not showing documents from partition d: (c: works, d: is indexed...)
I've installed win 10 on my grandpa's computer, who is blind and so he really needs the "cortana quick document search and open feature" which means typing 2-3 characters of document FILENAME and open ...
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Scanned image filtration
I scan documents into images, but my table (where I scan the documents) forms the border of images.
So the images I get ain't the pure document I want to obtain.
Any suggestion? Something like ...
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What features are important in a scanner + sheet feeder for old personal documents [closed]
I would like to scan some old text documents. My purpose is twofold: disaster recovery (e.g. fire), and to save space on bulky documents I rarely refer to (e.g. old phone bills).
After scanning I ...
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How to reduce error rate when scanning pages using sheet feeder?
I would like to scan old text documents, and then destroy some of the originals.
Apart from spot-checking, what can I do to get an acceptably low scan failure rate? I would like to get a failure ...
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How to verify scanned page count and quality when using sheet feeder?
I would like to scan old text documents, and then destroy some of the originals. There would be a few thousand sides of A4.
To do this I will need some procedure to "QC" that all the pages have been ...
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Canon MF Network Scan Utility - autohide/"silent mode"
I've got this AIO printer - MF4570dn. Everything is working.. fine.
What I want is some version of "silent" network scan - where you just put docs in scanner and press: Scanner -> Computer Scan -&...
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How to create hierarchical bookmarks on scanned PDF files?
How can I create a tree table of content in a PDF that can be expanded and collapse like the image below?
I know we can go to a page and add a bookmark to include that page in the table of content, ...
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Editing searchable .pdf OCR
My case is quite specific so I'll try to explain it quickly and precisely.
I have to digitalize several old paper sheets of 230mm x 268mm (~ 9" x 27,7") folded in 4 parts; you can find a quick drawn ...
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Document scanning: How to speed up the software part of the scanning process? [closed]
I am looking for a solution to speed up my document scanning process, especially for those documents that are not suitable for a typical document scanner with an automatic document feeder (ADF). For ...
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Do TWAIN drivers benefit from multi-core CPUs?
Advanced TWAIN drivers of document scanners contain many image enhancement features such as descreen, color drop-out, despeckle, deskew, prevent see-through, etc. Some of these features are quite CPU ...
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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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Can I use the Windows XP scanning wizard in Windows 7?
Windows XP had a scanning interface that was actually suitable for scanning more than one document--you set up the page dimensions, typed a name for the series, and then could scan/back/back-scan/back/...
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Windows 8 scan profile missing black and white option (Kodak esp 1.2)
I have recently changed to Windows 8 and have connected our Kodak esp 1.2 printer/scanner using the out of the box Windows driver (previously we had an XP machine and used the Kodak driver bundle). ...
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Scanning through the Network
Our office uses a Toshiba estudio2830c to scan to the network and to send and receive faxes.
Most days the scanning works correctly however there are some days when it takes almost hours for a staff ...
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Using an image editor to 'sign' scanned documents
I often get emailed documents, which I have to print, initial and sign, scan, and email back. I would much rather just scan a copy of my signature (or crop one out of a signed, scanned document n ...
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Convert PDF and Word documents to TIFF images
On Windows 7, how could I go about creating a TIFF image from a) MS Word documents, and b) PDF documents? I need the equivalent of printing out and scanning the document, so I can mimic signing the ...
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