Scanning
by Tom Gottfried
Tom has given me permission to publish his notes for Tuesday lasts meeting:
Subject:
Scanning There are many types of scanners but for our purpose today
we will discuss the most common,
the
flatbed scanner.
Most
common uses for flatbed scanners:
HP 6500 A, all in one
1. Photos.
Photos can be black and white or color. You can scan printed photos,
slides, or even
“film”
or old negatives.
2.
Documents.
- Important papers
- 2. Recipes
- 3. Magazine articles
- 4. Coupons
The
list is endless and only limited to your ingenuity.
3.
Odd items, like leaves, flowers, coins, or other 3 dimensional
objects . This is where you can
really
get creative.
What
should I look for when buying a scanner? If you already have a
printer you may only need to buy the scanner. However, if you do not
have a printer or if your printer is an older model and time it is
replaced, give consideration to a multiple use printer, scanner,
copier. Yes, you can buy one machine that will do all three
functions.
What
should I pay for a scanner? You can pay as little as $50 or as much
as several thousand. It really depends on how serious you want to get
in your photo scanning. For most of us a good quality combination
scanner, printer, copier will cost between $100 - $200. If all you
plan on scanning are documents, you can pick up a unit for about $50
or less. Go to Staples in the Promenade shopping center and ask for
an associate who knows something about scanners. Tell them what you
are planning to use it for and ask what machine would be good for
you.
Scanners
come with various software bundles. This may include photo editing
tools and an important tool for documents called OCR. (Optical
Character Recognition) If you scan a document, it is actually a
picture, whether you save it as a .jpeg or a PDF file. OCR software
will scan the document and convert it into a document that can be
edited. In other words, if you scan a recipe called Martha’s
Favorite Casserole and you would prefer it to be called Mom’s
Favorite Casserole, using OCR will allow you to do that.
Once
I scan a photo or document, where do I put it so that I can easily
find it? Your scanner will store your scans in a pre-determined file
if you do not specify where you want to put it. In Finder, you can
set up your folders and files before hand. For example, let’s say
you are scanning a number of recipes and want to categorize them.
Click on Finder. A box will open.Click on Documents. Go
to the top left of the page and click on File and then click
on “Folder”. In the next row of the box you will see
“untitled folder”. Hit the return button and “untitled
folder” will be highlighted. You can now rename it recipes. Go back
to File and hit folder once more. In the next row you will see
untitled folder again. When it is highlighted you can create a folder
named desserts. Go back and highlight Recipes again and go to file
and hit new folder again. You will see untitled folder again. Once
again, you can call it whatever you want. In this “row” you can
create as many categories as you want. Once you are ready to enter
dessert recipes, click on desserts and then go to File and if you
want to even further define them, go to File and create another
folder and “untitled folder will appear once again and you can
create various categories of desserts.
http://macmost.com/using-image-capture-with-scanners.html The fast talking guy.
For
photos, once you’ve scanned them into a folder you can drag them
into iPhoto or Aperture, or whatever photo software you are using.
Or, when you are scanning, you can tell the scanning program where
you want to save the file. But, you will need to make sure your photo
library set up to receive the photos. In other words, if you don’t
have a file system set up in your photo library it will be much like
taking them and dumping them into a box just like we did with all
those old pictures. And this is what we are trying to get away from.
No
matter how you create or import a file, if you save it but allow your
Mac decide where to put it, you may find that once you’ve created a
number of files, they may be hard to find. Why not create your own
file system the way you want it? Then you can tell your Mac where you
want to put your precious files. Otherwise it’s like the messy old
desk with piles of papers on it making what you’re looking for a
real pain.
If
you have any questions on scanning you can call me at house phone
7251 or my cell is 262-844-6008. Or, I’m normally at the Mac
meeting around 12:30 and will stay after the meeting if you need
help.
Tom
Gottfried
I've inserted links to some websites which give more info. Googling scanning will turn up more info.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfZcFtHfhoc How to use an HP all in one.
Thanks very much Tom!
Next meeting 12/17/13. See you then.
Mike
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