Questions tagged [scanning]
Converting a physical document into digital form
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How can I ping a range of IP addresses simultaneously [closed]
I have a bunch of machines on an IP address range which I want to ping simultaneously as a quick and dirty way of telling which ones are switched on. What (free) software can I use to do this?
I'm ...
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How to scan multiple pages into a single pdf in Windows 10? [closed]
It can't be so difficult! There are similar questions in this forum but they're years old. Anyone has any smart solution on how to do this in a simple way?
I've tried Windows Fax and Scan and the new ...
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How do you output a QR code to the linux cli terminal for scanning?
I want to be able to output a QR code to the ubuntu cli terminal where I can scan with my phone. I have a configuration file I want to convert to a QR code so I can scan it vs having to transfer it ...
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Looking for simple Windows scan (multiple pages) to one PDF application? [closed]
I would like to find some simple scan software for a Windows machine that can scan to PDF, but I would like it to do batch or multiple pages into one big PDF.
I saw a couple questions on scan to ...
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Scan-to-PDF software for Linux?
I have a workflow whereby I scan paper documents into searchable PDFs using a Fujitsu ScanSnap S500 document scanner. I am not a great fan of the bundled software, but it's dead simple to use: place a ...
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Software to help me go paperless on a Mac
I purchased an Epson GT-S50 scanner (similar to Fujitsu Scansnap, but with TWAIN drivers). I am already using Evernote. I am not sure I want to flood my Evernote notes and code snippets with tons of ...
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Enable OCR in Greenshot
I run Windows 10 with Microsoft Office professional Plus 2016 on my computer. Looks like MS OCR functionality is enabled in my system since OneNote is able to copy text from image.
But how to enable ...
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How to auto-trim scanned images using imagemagick or graphicsmagick?
I've got some scanned images in *.jpg format. They are scanned using A4 scanner, in greyscale or colour. Scanned pages have very different dimensions - some A5, some A6, some business cards etc. ...
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How can I crop every page of a large PDF file?
I have a 1300 page PDF file of a scanned book that was unfortunately not cropped when scanned. The actual book page dimensions are around 6x9", but each scanned page is 8.5x11", the size of the ...
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How to get a good clean newspaper scan?
I tried a few times to scan newspaper articles, but the images I got were always blotchy and with bad colors, sort of like this:
Sometimes I see some really good scans, like this:
What is the trick ...
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Is there a free tool which will let me type onto PDFs and then save, or at least print, them?
I have a large number of paper forms which I need to complete. I'd like to scan them in, then type the answers onto them in the relevant spaces and print them out, rather than writing on them with a ...
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Can I import sheet music to play on a PC?
My daughter is learning to play recorder and cello. She gets sheet music home to practice.
Is there any way that I can scan the sheet music onto my PC, and play it on the PC?
It would be useful to ...
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Detecting blank image files
I am using scanimage with a document scanner (Canon DR-2510C) that supports duplex scanning. Unfortunately, its SANE driver does not support blank page detection, so that with mixed pages (single/...
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Scanning multiple pictures, then automatic cropping
Is this possible even ?
I put 4 pictures on the flatbed scanner, scan them as a group (with white background from the scanner <-- heavy contrast with the scanned pictures). Now, I'm interested - ...
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How can I easily correct slight rotational misalignment in scanned images
I've got a whole lot of scanned images (> 500) the majority of which were scanned with the paper not completely square. They need to be rotated about 1-5 degrees to be aligned again.
Is there any ...
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What dpi should I be scanning my old photos in?
I scanning in my old paper photos from the 80s and 90s.
What DPI level should I be scanning them in? I've tried 150dpi (default) and 300dpi and don't see any difference (other than the size of the ...
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How to leave pdf image unchanged while adding OCR to a pdf with pdfsandwich?
I am trying to add OCR to PDFs and am using pdfsandwich to do so. The problem is that pdfsandwich processes the image when doing OCR which changes what the document looks like.
Is there any way to ...
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Scanning old papers in TIFF format. Is scanning at 48-bit color worth it?
I am currently scanning old papers with some notes on them using an Epson V370 scanner. I want the output files to be TIFFs, however I am not sure which bit depth to choose.
One of the papers has ...
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Trimming exterior empty space with ImageMagick does not work on scanned documents
Given an image that has some actual content inside and usually some unwanted white or black or transparency around that, I would like to trim or crop the exterior parts using ImageMagick.
The ...
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How to scan 500+ playing cards to png
I have a card game with 500+ cards. I want to scan all those and have them as individual PNG files, with transparent rounded corners.
I have a simple consumer scanner. I can fit 8 cards with ease and ...
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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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Easiest way to scan books?
What's the easiest tool to use to scan books? I find that using my scanner is difficult for books?
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Is there a good way to "automatically" scan business documents?
My parents own a relatively small machine shop and would like a way to have documents such as purchase orders and invoices scanned into a system where they can be entered into their accounting ...
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Photocopying using a separate scanner and printer
I have 2 printers.
HP Deskjet F2235 - designated scanner (has printing issues)
Brother HL-2040 - designated printer (doesn't have a scanner)
Just by using those two both connected to the same ...
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How to create documents from scanned images
I have a large number of Micorsoft Word documents to create, after a disk crash and patchy backups, destroyed the originals.
We have a fair amount of the originals left, and instead of manually ...
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HP printer and Adobe Illustrator colours changing on Mac
I have got Adobe Illustrator CS3 on my iMac, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. I recently got a new printer, an HP Photosmart B110, product number CN245B, serial number CN1393K1Q405J8, driver version HP Inkjet 8 ...
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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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Why does scanning take up so much space?
If I want to scan a document, 10 pages, each page as PDF 300dpi, greyscale. 10 pages 6MB.. 40 pages 24MB. FINE. Color, each page is 25MB
Why is color 25MB?
Is PDF very inefficient? it does the ...
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How do I find an intermediate switch's IP address on my LAN?
I use a D-Link DGS-1005A (you can see the manual here) switch that sits between my main router provided by the ISP and my machine and I am trying to find its IP Address so that I can play with the ...
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OpenSource scanning software? [closed]
Can anyone recommend software for scanning documents/images? Preferable opensource / freeware.
Ideally I would like to capture the images and provide some form of indexation if possible, and to save ...
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How can I improve the scan quality of the text written with a pencil?
I use a FUJITSU IX500 Scansnap Document Scanner. How can I improve the scan quality of the text written with a pencil?
Example:
Before scanning:
After scanning:
The notes written with a pencil in ...
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Brighten and unify the background of a scanned image
My girlfriend has scanned a few comics images, drawn with pencil. She wants to publish them on the web, but the different grayscale shadows of the paper are still evident in the image.
I would like ...
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Finding VPNs using scans
I understand that nmap doesn't know how to recognize some VPN protocols, but I need a way to scan a port and find a result so I know that the port is VPN.
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When a PDF file only contains a scanned image, is it just a JPG image inside a PDF container?
Many scanners can scan a page into a PDF file.
When this is done, is the PDF file really just a container that contains a single image? Is that image typically a JPG image, a PDF image, or a ...
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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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scanner no longer working windows 7
I have a Windows 7 Professional x64 machine that no longer works with a Brother all-in-one printer/scanner when I try to scan. This happened seemingly out of nowhere.
Printing still works, but when ...
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gscan2pdf on Linux Mint: Scanner works only as root
I'm trying to get a Brother ADS-2200 scanner to work with gscan2pdf on Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon. The scanner is recognized and works with Document Scanner without any issue. However, when opening ...
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Brother MFC Doesn't Show Up in OS X's Image Capture, etc
I’ve noticed in OS X Yosemite (10.10.1) that my Brother MFC-7820N no longer seems to have OS-level support for scanning.
If I look in “Image Capture”, the scanner is not listed under shared devices ...
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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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Convert black to white in scanned PDF
I have scanned many pages on a scanner with scan type set to 300 dpi black and white text and output format set to PDF. Unfortunately, a great deal of the pages were from a book and there is a shadow ...
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scan A4 doc > pdf > ocr > translate to english?
I've tried using a combination of
my home scanner to create a '300 dpi', 'document', 'pdf' (options on Canon all-in-one)
ZoHoViewer to create either an RTF or TXT file
google docs to translate
I'm ...
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How to scale page size down in Adobe Acrobat X Pro?
I scanned a document on a scanner at a friend's house and the pdf ended up being 35 inches by 45 inches in size. I think this the cause of the trouble had for the person I sent it to, they get the ...
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Alternative to Preview for scanning on Mac OS X
Are there any programs for Mac OS X that serve as an alternative for Preview for scanning?
Here are some features I am looking for:
Free, or cheap
Ability to scan multi-page documents
Speed
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scanning a print to cad
I have a paper print (blue print for you old guys) that are scaled drawings of wing ribs for a home built airplane. I would like to be able to scan them so I could CNC cut the forming blocks. Most of ...
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Converting massive images to PDF, without crashing applications
I'm trying to work with a large-format scanner, and we are scanning very long documents. Example, one of our documents we cut into two pieces, and one of those pieces is 3633x82486 in resolution.
My ...
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What is the most efficient way to scan in thousands of pictures? [closed]
My parents have a number of really large albums and the pictures are starting to face in a lot of cases so we thought it would be a good idea to scan in all the pictures and move them to online albums....
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Scanner Daily Duty Cycle
I'm comfused with the concept of 'Daily Duty Cycle'. For example if I have a scanner that the spec is: PPM (pages per minute): 90 and DDC (Daily Duty Cycle): 800.
I am interested in scanning ONLY 10 ...
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Epson Image scanning in Debian
I couldn't get my Epson XP-430 to work on an Ubuntu 16.04 based system.
Saw errors like:
Could not send command to scanner
no devices found
And this is after installing all the official drivers ...
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SANE scanning, scanbd buttons and service permissions
I've been trying to make this work all day. I'm almost there but something is still missing. Here's the story so far:
Debian Jessie 8.3 headless home server
Canon MP140 MFP scanner/printer fully ...
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Scanner and interpolation
I am using an Epson Perfection V370 scanner to scan handwritten documents. Epson says that the scanner has a maximum optical resolution of 4800 dpi.
Now I understand that this is achieved without ...