Scanning Your Documents

[donamese]

NEAT makes a scanner (tv commercial for it) which is fantastic...scans and catalogs everything from business cards to full apps. The automatic filing is amazing. It is a little costly but well worth it.

 

[djs]

If I recall, the problem with the scansnap is that it is NOT twain compliant. This means it would work fine with the included software, but may not work (probably will not work) with anything else.

I have a few carriers that I scan stuff to via their website. This wouldn't work, since it doesn't have twain drivers.

I use Paperport to manage my documents. I don't think this would work since it doesn't have twain drivers.

In most cases, it's probably not a big deal. You scan to pdf and then work with the pdf file. You need to think this through though.

And yes, I use an old brother scanner that you can't buy anymore, so I'm not the one to ask for referrals about scanners from. It's funny, I've bought a few other ones along the way, but keep going back to the 8 year old one that just works. Okay, I wish it was duplex, but it doesn't come up enough to make me spend the extra money right now.

Dan

 

[Mark]

If I recall, the problem with the scansnap is that it is NOT twain compliant. This means it would work fine with the included software, but may not work (probably will not work) with anything else.

I have a few carriers that I scan stuff to via their website. This wouldn't work, since it doesn't have twain drivers.

I use Paperport to manage my documents. I don't think this would work since it doesn't have twain drivers.

In most cases, it's probably not a big deal. You scan to pdf and then work with the pdf file. You need to think this through though.

And yes, I use an old brother scanner that you can't buy anymore, so I'm not the one to ask for referrals about scanners from. It's funny, I've bought a few other ones along the way, but keep going back to the 8 year old one that just works. Okay, I wish it was duplex, but it doesn't come up enough to make me spend the extra money right now.

Dan

I just scan mine into pdf and work with pdf, so for what I need it to do, it works fine.

The adobe software that comes with it, does everything that most of us will need with it.

I combine files and delete pages all the time.

On the other page, I have the video of me using it and showing how easy it is to use.

I once had the neat scanner and returned it.

PDF and adobe is what I mainly need and this is perfect for me.

It also scan double sided really fast and gives me a tons of options after I scan it, as to what to do with it.

 

[NCAgent]

I just scan mine into pdf and work with pdf, so for what I need it to do, it works fine.

The adobe software that comes with it, does everything that most of us will need with it.

I combine files and delete pages all the time.

On the other page, I have the video of me using it and showing how easy it is to use.

I once had the neat scanner and returned it.

PDF and adobe is what I mainly need and this is perfect for me.

It also scan double sided really fast and gives me a tons of options after I scan it, as to what to do with it.

Mark, does it give you OCR for the .pdf or is it just an image?

For people who don't know:
OCR is Optical Character Recognition- Allows you to highlight things to copy and paste, do searches for certain words, and etc. It makes finding things easier if you have 20-30 pages and need to find out where the "exclusions" are in a policy, for example.

 

[Mark]

Mark, does it give you OCR for the .pdf or is it just an image?

For people who don't know:
OCR is Optical Character Recognition- Allows you to highlight things to copy and paste, do searches for certain words, and etc. It makes finding things easier if you have 20-30 pages and need to find out where the "exclusions" are in a policy, for example.

I believe it does. Because I scan business cards and it puts it into my business card program. It is really easy to import info from business cards.

But I never really have tested out the ocr besides on business cards.

Update, it does scan pictures also. I just never noticed the option.

 

[Expat]

my scanner - YouTube

I made this quick video to show you mine and how it works.

You certainly look older than your avatar.
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[AverageJoe]

my scanner - YouTube

I made this quick video to show you mine and how it works.

THanks man you didnt have to do that. that is really nice of you. I actually got my shipment confirmation email from amazon today and should be here on the 7th. i cant wait. thanks again for the video.

 

[Guest]

Dude, Mark,

that was the fastest I think I ever seen anything scanned!

Impressive

 

[Newby]

NEAT makes a scanner (tv commercial for it) which is fantastic...scans and catalogs everything from business cards to full apps. The automatic filing is amazing. It is a little costly but well worth it.

I have the Neat scanner and I really like the scanner but hate the software. I guess I just don't understand it. I just scan to PDF.

 

[mikeincolumbuso]

I have a basic HP Photosmart Printer/Scanner. I have not had much of a need to scan up to this point. When I use the scanner feature it looks like it will only print and save one page at a time so if I want to print a five page document, then I actually have 5 separate files. Can someone tell me if I am doing something wrong. If I am correct, then I will look for a better scanner with the features I need. Just being able to save one page docs is a big pain.