Louise, I think maybe there is a third option. I can scan from 8 to to 10 or 12 pages at once (but sequentially; Ihave to set eaach page on the platen) and then recognize and convert them to Word. Theoretically I could go to 16,and I think I did once, but more recently I haven't been able to without the OCR not working after a few times, so I don't try more than 12 any more. My Epson 1660 has an option of All PAges in One Document or One Document per Page. I choose the former. It also puts in page breaks at the appropriate place when it converts. Cindy --- Louise <lougou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is there an advantage to scanning a book to images > and then recognizing the > entire book after it's been scanned as opposed to > scanning and recognizing > each page as it's scanned? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 7:54 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] images scanning and > recognizing > > > > Is there a way to scan but not recognize several > books at one sitting and > > have each set of images saved in a separate file > for later recognizing. > If > > so, please explain how and how the recognized file > would be saved to disk > > once the images were recognized for each book. I > am sure this is in the > > manual somewhere but asking is quicker. > > > > Yes I have read the manual and plan to re-read it. > > > > A second question. I notice some of you seem to > use gray-scale and 400 > dpi > > even when the optimizing feature does not suggest > it. Please comment and > > comment on how to find out which gives the best > statistics. How do I > clear > > my recognision statistics between books? > > > > E. > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com