Has anyone used it to scan handwritten notebooks? So, some questions: - Has anyone has success putting binder paper through this?
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Nope - no handwriting recognition/transcription on Scansnaps. At least not on the S300 or discontinued S510 models. The OCR is used only to take the scanned images (all scans with these scanners are as images) and convert the text to searchable text. Evernote has handwriting recognition, though I haven't used it much and don't know how accurate it is. I believe that Microsoft OneNote 2007 also can do this; OneNote 2010 might be improved over the previous version. Scansnap is not very good at all for document organization. As a matter of fact it is pretty poor. E.g., you cannot import any other documents (PDF) and have them made searchable; only that which was scanned with the Scansnap. So if you have a lot of PDF documents already you would have to scan them all over again. Also, Scansnap doesn't allow you to use Paperport with it, like most scanners do. Jim
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It scans photographs pretty well. I don't think it's quite as good as my Epson v500, but it's "good enough" unless you're doing archival work and want the absolute best result you can get. The software does little to no post-processing, and your only choice of output for photographs is JPG (which is always a "lossy" format, as opposed to TIF or other "lossless" format). I don't know if it's the particular JPG compression or the scanner itself, but there is a [very] slight "tiling" effect to the scanned photographs. I suppose overall, I would give it a 7.5/10 for photos. Additionally, since it is a sheetfed scanner, if there is any dust on the scanner "lens", you will end up with a line, as opposed to the V500, so you need to keep that clean. On the plus side, you can scan multiple photos (of approximately the same size) automatically from the document feeder tray, and you can scan the back of the photos at the same time to keep context (many people write notes on the back of photos, which takes twice as much time to scan if you are using a photo scanner). I will upload an example of this scanner vs my V500 in the "customer images" and you can judge for yourself. (edit: never mind...Amazon won't allow me to add customer images for this product) The image is at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pg9fxsfvvdmutlj/S1300i_vs_V500_comparison.png
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Yes. It does a good KOB scanning documents for reprint or to email. I'm not sure about photos as I haven't ever tried to scan and reprint those.
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Yes it will scan legal size documents, via the auto paper feed. Will also scan & print double sided docs in one operation. As well, two sheets canbe double sided, also in one operation.
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It cannot scan anything that is rigid like a drivers license. Not sure how to answer you on the ID card question, it would scan that like any other paper
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The scanning quality is good, depending on your setting. Scanning for "professional printing" is a little vague because you didn't mention size or the type of artwork. I have not been unhappy with any of the functions.
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Scan as an image and use Photoshop or some other image manipulation software to put them together. With the variability in hand scans, I would not really recommend this. You will be hard pressed to seamlessly put them together. Better to find a ledger sized scanner if you can.
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Hi Andrei. It's pretty quick actually. I never scan more than say 10-15 pages at a time though. The auto feed works great for this too. I actually own 3 of these all-in-ones for various locations.
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Yes. It's a piece of junk. Absolutely impossible to pull paper through without the edges getting caught.
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Hi Sheila. I love this machine. I agree with the other responses however I have done a short test run of just cutting a straight line from the edge of the paper to the center of each hole and then inserting the new page this way and it sure does seem to hold well but depending on what you are using it for that may not be a permanent solution. Also, don't buy the crimper...I use a small pair of needle nose pliers that work great.
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As I thought, EPSON provides software that will assist with this. I pulled this from the online manual: "You can scan a 2-sided document using the ADF. First you scan the odd-numbered pages, then you turn the document over and scan the even-numbered pages. Then you can use the Editing Page window to automatically sort the pages." Great scanner. About 10 times faster than one of those "all in one" units that I've tried.
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I have used it for scanning crochet patterns from magazines without problems but have not scanned books.
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Yes, I have tried scanning a few multi page, different size and thickness and it did good.
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I've scanned every type of document with this scanner and it performed top notch. I believe there's a micro switch in the feeder area to detect and pull documents through, so it really depends on how the user aligns each document when scanning. I haven't had a problem with receipts being scanned straight.
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I have used the machine to punch cardstock, say about 4-6 sheets, for our financial statement covers and it works well. It would probably depend on how thick your pages are. Its a great machine and works very well for us. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
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It works just fine. You would place the scanner on the book, with the top taken off and move it around the book page. Depending on how big the old book is will determine how many times you have to move the scanner. One thing I learned the hard way was that I didn't overlap the scanned pieces enough at the beginning and the stitching software couldn't put it into a whole piece. Otherwise I have taken this with me on my genealogy quests with great satisfaction. Only problem, as I've mentioned before is the battery dependence. Bring extra memory cards or have the ability to download from the little card. Without a card or battery, it doesn't work.
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Not really. I tried scanning OLD poloroid photos that were glued to the back of cardboard, you may be too young to remember those, but it didn't like those too much and I used my big copier/scanner for those. Also, it likes some old newpaper and not other so I would be careful about what you put thru. It did an amazing job on my photos, tho, like we got printed in the old days from Walgreen's so you can compare your project to those items. My Mom uses it for her printed out geneology that is on regular 20# printer paper and it does great. Don't know if I answered your questions but I tried.