Quality film scanning service in Europe [more inside]
posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 3 answers

Why does my photo scanner show images with "white flecks" all over them? [more inside]
posted on May 26, 2008 - 12 answers

I would like to go completely paperless. In order to accomplish this, I'll need an excellent bulk-feed scanner to turn all of my received bills and other important pieces of paper into searchable PDFs. Which scanners should I consider? [more inside]
posted on May 1, 2008 - 16 answers

Recommendation for professional 35mm slide scanning services, either through the mail or in the Washington D.C. metro area. Best recommendation for extremely long term archival storage of slides. About 400-500 slides. [more inside]
posted on Apr 28, 2008 - 7 answers

i'm about to embark on a document-imaging and archiving project. i have dozens of handwritten notebooks, a 7 megapixel camera, tripod, macbook, and large external drive. is iphoto going to be useful for this? (or sketchy i may use a separate iphoto library on an external drive?). are alternative software/strategies preferred for managing all these document images? (in case it matters, i'm not interested in putting them online at this point).
posted on Apr 25, 2008 - 12 answers

What are the UK legal system rules and regulations around storing financial, legal and official paperwork as scanned digital copies? [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 7 answers

I want to digitise my paperwork! What is the best scanner/scanning program for this? [more inside]
posted on Apr 7, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm looking for the best way to get good quality scans of old photos and then store them permanently in archival albums or envelopes. [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - 6 answers

I would like to be able to scan in the bar codes on all the comics of my collection into a software that will track and allow me to manage my collection. Scanning being the main requirement. [more inside]
posted on Jan 31, 2008 - 10 answers

What's a good, idiot-proof way for my mom to scan and manage her old recipes on her iMac? [more inside]
posted on Jan 20, 2008 - 15 answers

I'm intending to self-publish a short run book of photography - I need advice on image preparation (from original neg and tranny) for what will most likely be an offset printing process. [more inside]
posted on Jan 5, 2008 - 11 answers

Recommendations for shops in Manhattan that can scan a large quantity of polaroids. [more inside]
posted on Dec 26, 2007 - 10 answers

I'm scanning old family photos and the scanner appears to be adding colored pixels to black and white photos. What do I do now? [more inside]
posted on Dec 17, 2007 - 16 answers

Will a Fujitsu Scansnap 500 (not 500M) work with a MacBook under Leopard (OS 10.5)? [more inside]
posted on Dec 9, 2007 - 0 answers

What do I do with my voluminous diaries (mostly in spiral notebook form) that span 20 years of my life? [more inside]
posted on Dec 3, 2007 - 23 answers

Can you recommend any Windows software which will OCR photographed business cards, store them in a searchable database and work with Outlook? [more inside]
posted on Nov 2, 2007 - 5 answers

What software might a large Canadian IP and tech law firm use for scanning documents and records management? [more inside]
posted on Aug 27, 2007 - 5 answers

GenealogyFilter: I need a scanning strategy and general advice for family photos. [more inside]
posted on Aug 11, 2007 - 5 answers

Looking for a specialty printer who can print large-format pattern pieces (and possibly scan them, too) for a new line of sewing and knitting patterns. [more inside]
posted on Jul 13, 2007 - 11 answers

I need OCR software which will scan a page of a book and then produce an output which has the image of the scanned page on one side and the scanned text on the other. So: side A = perfect copy of the original page; side B = the text as processed by the OCR software. Does such a thing exist?
posted on Jul 4, 2007 - 2 answers

Help! I printed out a long document last night on Microsoft Word (using ibook G4). When I looked at the file this morning, it only has two characters in it. I fear that I may have 'selected all' and then accidentally deleted it, then saved the document. But I have a clear double-spaced hard copy of the document. Is there any way to somehow scan the document and enter the text automatically, rather than retype the many, many words? (or some other way to retrieve the lost text?)
posted on Jun 1, 2007 - 10 answers

How do I improve the legibility of the horrible old Cyrillic newspaper microfilm negatives I am scanning? The main problem is that the background is often faded and hard to distinguish from the text. Is there some clever software trickery that will solve it?
posted on May 13, 2007 - 15 answers

Desktop Publishing-Filter: I'm assisting someone in completing his memoir. He has a number of family photos that he would like to scan in and insert into the text in various chapters. Help me figure out what we need. [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2007 - 14 answers

I need a cheap way of developing and printing black and white film, but I have neither the space nor the inclination to build a darkroom. [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2007 - 11 answers

Looking for a scanner to process hundreds (or more) of 35mm slides as automatically as possible - at decent quality, for a decent price. Suggestions? [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2007 - 10 answers

Scanning a book and converting to a PDF - how do I antialias the scanned page images? [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2007 - 8 answers

Business idea feedback. Scanning copyright books into PDF format and lending those books out for a weekly rental fee, similar to what is being done with DVD movie download rentals. A DRM enabled self-destruct system, such as Adobe Digital Editions, would provide the technical framework. Since libraries lend books, why not lend a digital copy of the book. One digital copy out on loan for every paper copy kept in stock. Legal, or publishers nightmare?
posted on Mar 30, 2007 - 24 answers

Is it possible to use a 35mm film scanner -- such as a Minolta DiMAGE or Nikon Coolscan -- to digitize 35mm microfilm? Film scanners like these are much cheaper than microfilm scanners and take up much less space. Has anyone tried this and been successful?
posted on Feb 6, 2007 - 8 answers

what is the best way to save written notes electronically for mobile use? i am a physician and i have about 500 pages of written notes from printed powerpoint lectures that i have bound into two volumes. I have attended subsequent lectures and now i don't know what is the best way to encorporate this new info as well as new info going forward. i carry a treo 650 and have access to hospital computers but i do not have an "assigned" computer so i am thinking of a portable mode. making PDF's seems to make sense but then how do i keep them accessible for those quick questions that come up during hospital rounds? How about putting them on those "keychain" portable disks? Interested in suggestions....
posted on Jan 9, 2007 - 10 answers

What is the fastest way to trasfer pages from an old physical book to a searchable computer text file? [more inside]
posted on Dec 5, 2006 - 14 answers

How can I scan a book that is precious to me? The book is a couple hundred pages and I just want to produce high-quality pdfs. [more inside]
posted on Oct 25, 2006 - 9 answers

How can I easily build a simple (read cheap) scanning system? [more inside]
posted on Sep 25, 2006 - 3 answers

I care enough about getting all my physical media into digital form that I'm ready to hand-scan my remaining books where necessary. Before I do this, what are all the ways I should search to be sure a given book doesn't exist as an ebook I could buy (or in any other digital form)? Also: any hints for efficiently doing the scanning & OCR?
posted on Sep 17, 2006 - 10 answers

I've decided to collect and scan all my family's photographs. [more inside]
posted on Aug 17, 2006 - 13 answers

Anyone have any experience with a photo scanning service in Austin, TX? [more inside]
posted on Aug 8, 2006 - 7 answers

What's the best way to copy 5 or 10 pages from a book in a bookstore? What's the legality of it if I was "busted"?
posted on Jul 26, 2006 - 30 answers

We have several hundred old family photographs in various sizes, shapes, and conditions that we would like to have scanned. We're looking for advice from anyone who has had personal experience with specific companies. [more inside]
posted on May 3, 2006 - 11 answers

I've recently been given the task of scanning full color business cards to recreate them with changes. What is the best way to scan the cards to maintain the color of the cards. These cards are to be reprinted and have to be saved in CMYK mode and they should ideally be as sharp as the original. I have no way of getting the original artwork
posted on Apr 29, 2006 - 12 answers

I need to be able to print/view & scan colors accurately. What is the best way to go about setting up color profiles for multiple printers, a scanner & a monitor for the best "wysiwyg"? [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2006 - 2 answers

Scanning Medium Format : Help Me ! [more inside]
posted on Jan 15, 2006 - 8 answers

I have negatives from ten rolls of 35mm color film (about 240 pictures total) that I'd like to get scanned. Has anyone had any experience with companies that do this sort of scanning? Any to recommend or avoid? [more inside]
posted on Jan 5, 2006 - 6 answers

I have been given a set of WW1 officer training manuals. Some of them are in booklets, some are stapled packets and some are loose. I want to scan them to a CD so that they can be shared and read without handling the originals. I would like to scan them without bending or creasing the booklets and bundled paper. I have both a regular Canon Canoscan 8400 flatbed and an HP 4670 see through scanner ($38 on clearance at the local Staples.) Is there a way of scanning this material without damage? Any good discussion groups out there where WW1 memorabilia is discussed? I also found a box of glass plate negatives from a photographer that was operating in St Albans VT in the latter 19th century. I would like to scan them. Can either of these scanners be used or modified for large negative scanning? If I could find a pinout diagram for the Canoscan film scanner cable, I might be able to build a light source for large negatives.
posted on Nov 30, 2005 - 6 answers

I'm looking for a third-party general scanning app for a document-feed-capable Epson Perfection 1640SU on an XP Pro machine. VueScan is a good example of what I'm talking about. What have you used that you like?
posted on Oct 27, 2005 - 1 answers

Desktop PC client using older printer and scanner wants to "Scan to Printer" (make a photocopy) in XP. [more inside]
posted on Oct 14, 2005 - 2 answers

Family Photo Project - I'm working on a "How to" for a project to turn my family's entire photo history into a easily searchable, sortable, and archived digital collection. I would like some insight on my plan. [more inside]
posted on Aug 23, 2005 - 8 answers

What is the best way to get high resolution digital images when developing film? [more inside]
posted on Aug 22, 2005 - 7 answers

I have a Canon CanoScan 9950F and I'm attempting to use it to scan 126-format negatives. [more inside]
posted on Aug 13, 2005 - 3 answers

Looking for a new inbound-/outbound- SMTP virus scanning solution on Linux (SLES, to be exact). [more inside]
posted on Aug 12, 2005 - 12 answers

How do I create multi-page PDF documents with my Canon N1220U Scanner and Mac 10.4? [more inside]
posted on Aug 7, 2005 - 6 answers

Can anyone recommend a good slide-scanning service? [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2005 - 4 answers