John,

What scanner do you use?

Anne


On Apr 29, 2016, at 9:48 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Most of us work with PDF files, so many use PDFpen…
> 
> Because I do SO much scanning to PDF I went with Adobe Acrobat, they have a 
> fantastic product, and they love it so much they charge accordingly….
> 
> Most all the publications I collect allow their print product to be 
> downloaded as a PDF, great corporate citizens by saving forest, ink, 
> transportation, etc, etc…plus, how in the world would I EVER find an article 
> I wanted in a stack of magazines or papers several feet tall…what issue, what 
> publication?
> 
> I have written to Fortune and Forbes, have called numerous times..they don’t 
> seem to pay any attention and waste huge funds sticking with print….those 
> that still want print that is fine but for those that want permanent storage 
> and searchable documents they should allow us the PDF format.
> 
> This is to set the stage for what I discovered tonight.   
> 
> Forbes and Fortune both came today, I began with Fortune but the top of the 
> magazine had been in something that caused the pages to crinkle and stick 
> together.  I use a large paper cutter to slice off the binding and then run 
> the pages through a scanner, deleting all the advertising.
> 
> With this issue I knew I would have to scan UPSIDE down as the scanner would 
> continually be jamming if I tried the correct format with the damaged pages.  
> It’s not really hard to correct the orientation in Acrobat, several can be 
> done at once…but what I discovered was the program RIGHTED the text on it’s 
> own!!!  Advertisements were still upside down, possibly because there wasn’t 
> enough text for the program to detect the correct orientation or possibly 
> because every so often an advertisement will be upside down intentionally to 
> draw attention.
> 
> I wanted to pass this on, been using it for years and never had the occasion 
> to realize Acrobat had the smarts to correct an upside down page….
> 
> This is better than the electric toothbrush!!
> 
> John
> _______________________________________________
> MacGroup mailing list
> Posting address: [email protected]
> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>
> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>


_______________________________________________
MacGroup mailing list
Posting address: [email protected]
Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>
Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>

Reply via email to