[Coco] Archiving articles: To scan or not to scan?

[Shain Klammer]

The use of some good OCR software would be nice to keep the size of
PDF files down - likely a lot more work; but, worth it in the end(?)

sk

On 08/07/07, Rob Rosenbrock <rob.coco at zaphod.tzo.com> wrote:

> I have an HP Officejet 6310. It has a built-in scanner with a sheet feeder. (Top can be opened for single sheets or other material)

>

> It appears to automatically compensate for the scanning bulb, so less work is needed to correct the color of scans.

>

> What is really nice about it is that scanning to the computer is as easy as pushing a few buttons on the printer. Documents can scan directly to files or into a program you choose.

>

> Combined with a program like NitroPDF, the combination looks pretty good.

>

> Rob

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: "Jim Cox" <jimcox at miba51.com>

> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>

> Sent: 7/8/07 4:48 PM

> Subject: [Coco] Archiving articles: To scan or not to scan?

>

> I want to clear out a bunch of old magazines and would

> either like to cut the articles I want and store them in a

> file, or scan them on store them electronically (on

> mirrored hard drives of course)

>

> I don't have a scanner yet, but I most likely will get

> one.  Can anyone recommend a good one?

>

> Jim

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