[bookshare-discuss] Re: scanning help
- From: "Lynn I" <lynnskyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:40:51 -0500
Hi Traci!
When I bought my computer and upgraded from DOS to Windows, one of the
pieces of advice I received was not to use an all-in-one scanner/printer
combination. The reasoning being that usually the technology does not have
the most emphasis on the scanning quality. I don't personally know whether
or not this is true, but I heeded that advice and purchased an Epson
scanner. It has worked very well for me.
Recently, I purchased a laptop with Windows 7 and another Epson scanner--an
Epson model V500. It is an even better scanner than my first one. The cost
was $209.00. I do know that there are less expensive scanners out there, but
I wanted to stay with Epson since I've had such good luck with them.
HTH
Blessings.
Lynnsky
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From: traci [mailto:season@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 7:41 AM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] scanning help
hello everyone.
i am at a loss and ready to quit. it's bad enough that books I submit sit
there for months ready to be proofed but then to try so hard to scan them
and get garbage??? I have the resolution up to 400 dpi, using omni font page
since fine reader didn't work. i have the contrast set to black on white and
have ocr corrections enabled. my scanner is an all in one, a lexmark pro 205
series and I'm using open book 8. What am I doing wrong? the f word in the
books read as flick and i have the ocr correction going yet it always scans
as that. had usually scans as ha: (ha followed by a colon). and this is what
i hate most. when scanning a book and it's toward the middle of it, i get
partial pages no matter how i try and flatten the pages into a smooth roll.
this scanner is a flat bed so I can only load from the left side as the fax
machine is directly below the bed and the copier is the actual scanner's
top.
Another thing I get a lot of is the first word in a line might scan as 1111
or 4111 followed by thirteen to fourteen spaces and then the actual begining
of the sentence. Then right smack dab in the mddle of the sentence, you'll
get a word like ire followed by thirteen spaces and then a real word. for
example:
I glanced up at her in utter disbelief t :ire:.. and shook my
head disgustedly.
No this crazy woman wasn't going to disrespect me in my own house after
everything we hav: been through.
1111 But she was and .:\tdd all I could feel was
contempt.
If there is no hope for this, please advise me what to look for in a good
scanner--dpi, page recognition, scanner brand, flatbed vs hand scanner.
Please help. I would like to share books but at this rate I may just end up
reading and proofing. This book "Chances" is over 500 pages long and it's a
huge undertaking that I wouldn't mind if the scanner would only stop puking
all over the pages.
Thanks
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