I have a flatbed Epson Photo, & an Epson business scanner model 80? I am upstairs so I can get you the exact model if you need. They now make a model one step up. Unbelievable machines, the 80 has scanned tens of thousands of pages. A friend publishes a monthly investment letter that I had in stacks & stacks for maybe 20 to 30 years. I had Forbes & Fortune going back over 10+ years, the stack was about waist high. All this is now in the Mac, plus every product of any value, all oil changes everything you can imagine & not a single hiccup. The Epson software is the best but if I need OCR I use Acrobat to scan. I launch Acrobat, it launches Epson. At the end of the scan it closed Epson, very simple & so accurate. I can search on a Barron's table with the smallest print for anything at all, one unique word buried among hundreds of thousands & it will take me right to it. I would have nothing but Epson, they make unbelievable products.
John Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 29, 2016, at 10:40 PM, Anne Cartwright <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
