[blindlaw] bulk scanners

[Russell J. Thomas, Jr]

The issue boils down to the use of words.  Scanners will be fed either one
page at a time by hand or through an automatic document feeder which will
permit the scanning of several pages that are placed on the feeder and sent
through the scanner.

Whether the scanner scans single sides of a page or front and back of a page
depends on the capability of the scanner or (whether it allows for duplex
scanning) or upon the settings in the scanner itself.  The default setting
is usually single page; however, some scanners will have a setting for front
and back of a page.  

A second critical point is the software that is used for the scanning.  The
poorer the quality of the software the poorer the quality of the output.
Currently, the best software for scanning is Omnipage.

I hope this makes sense.


Respectfully,

 

Russell J. Thomas, Jr.

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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Joe Orozco
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 10:03 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] bulk scanners

    My ignorance is going to show prominently, but can someone describe the 
characteristics of a duplex scanner?  Currently, I have a Cannon flatbed 
LiDe something or other.  I scan pages one at a time, rather slow, but this 
duplex business leads me to believe the scanner can feed paper through and 
scan both sides?  Thanks in advance for the clarification.

          Joe

"Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells 
you to do, and what nerves let you do."--Bruce Crampton

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Clark" <dennisgclark at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] bulk scanners


> Hi Robert,
> The Fujitsu's do work with Kurzweil.  I agree with your observation that
> first scanning one side of a batch and then flipping the stack to scan the
> other side creates many problems:  most notably that if 2 pages 
> accidentally
> feed through, the entire batch is corrupted.  I have wasted many hours 
> with
> that process.  It was this frustration that originally caused me to buy a
> Fujitsu duplex scanner.
> All the best,
> Dennis
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss at earthlink.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] bulk scanners
>
>
>> Hello:
>>
>>     I have used both a Fujitsu FI4010 and a Canon DR2580C. The Canon is
>> small and can have a flatbed option added to it. When looking for a
>> scanner,
>> I would look at the Kurzweil or OpenBook sites for a list of scanners 
>> that
>> have been tested. I sure do like the ability of a scanner to do duplex
>> scanning. If your pages get messed in a simplex scanner, you will have a
>> real mess when you flip the stack over.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Robert Jaquiss
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Deborah Byrne" <deborahbyrne at earthlink.net>
>> To: "Blindlaw" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:46 AM
>> Subject: [blindlaw] bulk scanners
>>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm getting ready to start law school and I'm planning to request a bulk
>> scanner.  I'm wondering if any of you have advice on which bulk scanners
>> you
>> do or do not recommend and for what reasons?
>> Thanks,
>> Deborah Byrne
>>
>>
>>
>>
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