Hi. Our organisation is attempting to become as paperless as possible. We have a large amount of material to convert. I know very little about this, using a simple flatbed at home. Can anyone recommend some good, fast equipment (and software?). TIA.

Is there a Scanning Calculator that will help you calculate the variables to be used when you have the Input Size of the Photo, Film, or Document in length (8.5 by 11 inches) and you want the output in pixels? For example how do you scan a magazine cover so that it will fill the screen of various...

Forgive me if this matter had been posted to this NG before. My HP ScanJet 6300c gives me an error info that it "cannot find required Library", when I scan text and am trying to edit it in the MS Word ( Office XP). However, the same scanner runs well text editing application when used with...

I had this scanner working on my old computer (HP Pavilion 750 P4) running WinXP SP2. I just purchased a newer faster computer P4 3.2GHZ (also using WIn XP pro corp) and now the scanner will not work with any WINDOWS applications EXCEPT Canon's Scan Utility 5000 (which they tell me uses an ISIS...

Does anybody have any experience with PrimeScan and Windows XP Professional 64? I have recently bought one and it does not work under Windows x64. Need help please!

I have this Epson scanner and need to scan a bunch of old family photos. Will some of the newer scanners make any difference in quality or would it be a waste of money? Thanks for any help or suggestions.

I am having a problem scanning in color photos with my Epson 4180 Photo scanner. The images come out too dark. I can't lighten them enough using the controls in the scanner software (even with Brightness at 100%). The only way I can get a usable image like the original is to tweak it with Photoshop...

I have an HP S20 and have been unable to get it to function on my new computer, which uses XP Pro - I tried the HP software but no go. Can anyone recommend software that will allow me to continue to use my S20? Thanks!

Hello, THanks for looking. Any suggestions for a real good scanner for photos, documents, negatives , slides and transparencies ?? Or should I just buy 1 for the paper products, and 1 for the slides and transparencies ?? Any help most appreciated !! Thanks,,,,,,, Please e-mail to Steve...

Hi, I want to scan some color pictures, size 4x6 inches, printed by a lab. My scanner can be set up to 9600 pixels per inch, but the default (and also automatic setting) is 200 ppi. What is your suggestion about it? It may seem a dumb question but I see the file size increase a lot increasing the...

Hi All, I have Visioneer OneTouch 8700 USB Scanner with PaperPort Deluxe 7.0 (7.02.01.0002 Deluxe) software. When I try to Export any scanned item to PDF I get the information: PaperPort PDF Filter Problem PDF Writer is not installed on this system.

Hello, When I scan 36 images of negatives how can I automaticcaly select the areas of the pictures? With other words can I scan 36 images in a batchjob or something? Thanks

Hello everybody, I would like to see if some of you would do me a favor. On our web site (ScanHelp.com) we sell an OCR software called TypeReader. And the comparison chart on it is very old. So we are doing some testing in house on OCR programs, and I would be very greatful if some of you would...

I want to scan documents, save the image for legal reasons but be able to search the documents with the Start/Search/Documents utility. I have Omnipage Pro 14 on a Home XP system. Omnipage OCR is much more accurate than the MS Document Imaging so I'd like to use it. However, when I scan a...

Hi group, I have a problem with my OKI S700 Scancopier, Here in my own little business we have 4 pc's, alle running Win XP Pro SP2. On 3 of these computers the scanner works fine, no problem, but on #4 - and it has to be connected to this one - it does not... Actually no scanner will work...

I like to scan a few old photos. Unfortunately, I don't have the negatives of the photos. The photos I want to scan belong to my childhood years. They are very old photos as years have taken their toll on them with minor discoloration. As I see it, the only way to safely retain the photos...

Since about the time I installed SP2 for Windows XP I have been unable to use my Epson 3170 scanner. When I attempt to load Epson Scan it crashes immediately after the splash screen appears with the standard Windows exception message "escndv.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close". I...

From a roll of film developed and printed by a local processor, I've noticed that my HP4C can duplicate the print nearly exactly, whereas scanning the negative of the same picture with my Nikon 4000 rarely matches the print quality, although the detail is usually sharper. The same applies when I...

I recently got a new PC - my previous one had Windows 98 and an HP 3300C scanner. I tried to use the old scanner on my new Win XP system but the software provided was only compatible with Win 98 and when I downloaded the new software and driver from the HP site it worked just once then went into a...

.....to replace the glass in an old HP ScanJet IIc color scanner? I bought one cheap on eBay and shipping carton was apparently kicked around by the UPS rugby team -- all the innards survived fine but the glass shattered. Any and all hints appreciated!