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Maybe a little OT, scanner for Windows 7
I have an old Microtek 6000 scanner and have always hated it ... I
guess, mostly the software. It is slow, but the lamp warming makes it almost unbearable. It warms the lamp, even when it hasn't shut off the lamp ... totally goofy. Anyway, I just bought an Epson Perfection V37 and really like the speed. And, no warming, as it uses LEDs. But it doesn't seem to do one thing that the old Microtek did. On the Microtek, it would do a rough pre-scan and allow you to box all of a section of the rough on screen pic. Then you would only scan that much. Great for cutting and pasting. I use it quite a bit for musical score where there is too many staffs of notes; so I can paste together only what I need to play from. The Epson doesn't appear to allow this or as least, I haven't found a way, either by hacking or reading the manual. Sure, I could scan the whole thing and then, in another program, do the cutting. But, it was very convenient on the Microtek. So, I think Epson is going back. Anyone know of a scanner that will allow cropping before the scan? |
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Maybe a little OT, scanner for Windows 7
On 3/15/2014 8:27 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
I have an old Microtek 6000 scanner and have always hated it ... I guess, mostly the software. It is slow, but the lamp warming makes it almost unbearable. It warms the lamp, even when it hasn't shut off the lamp ... totally goofy. Anyway, I just bought an Epson Perfection V37 and really like the speed. And, no warming, as it uses LEDs. But it doesn't seem to do one thing that the old Microtek did. On the Microtek, it would do a rough pre-scan and allow you to box all of a section of the rough on screen pic. Then you would only scan that much. Great for cutting and pasting. I use it quite a bit for musical score where there is too many staffs of notes; so I can paste together only what I need to play from. The Epson doesn't appear to allow this or as least, I haven't found a way, either by hacking or reading the manual. Sure, I could scan the whole thing and then, in another program, do the cutting. But, it was very convenient on the Microtek. So, I think Epson is going back. Anyone know of a scanner that will allow cropping before the scan? There is a maximum pixel per inch that the scanner is capable. Whether you scan the full document or a 2"square of the document, the best you can scan hat 2 inch square is that maximum resolution. I doubt if it takes any more time to make a draft scan and then a good scan. I make one scan at maximum resolution, and acquire the scanned image into an image Processor like Irfanview. Then cut what I want and use it as needed. My brother can not understand this. I scanned several hundred family pictures in batches and gave him a CD with the batch images. He still wants me to go back and scan them individually, as he thinks the pictures well be better. |
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Maybe a little OT, scanner for Windows 7
"Art Todesco" wrote in message ... I have an old Microtek 6000 scanner and have always hated it ... I guess, mostly the software. It is slow, but the lamp warming makes it almost unbearable. It warms the lamp, even when it hasn't shut off the lamp ... totally goofy. Anyway, I just bought an Epson Perfection V37 and really like the speed. And, no warming, as it uses LEDs. But it doesn't seem to do one thing that the old Microtek did. On the Microtek, it would do a rough pre-scan and allow you to box all of a section of the rough on screen pic. Then you would only scan that much. Great for cutting and pasting. I use it quite a bit for musical score where there is too many staffs of notes; so I can paste together only what I need to play from. The Epson doesn't appear to allow this or as least, I haven't found a way, either by hacking or reading the manual. Sure, I could scan the whole thing and then, in another program, do the cutting. But, it was very convenient on the Microtek. So, I think Epson is going back. Anyone know of a scanner that will allow cropping before the scan? Is there maybe a software upgrade/update or add-on Epson program that will add that feature? It's not the scanner; it's the software. All of the HP flatbed scanners and AIOs that I've had included that feature. I have a Desk Jet 3050 AIO now that also does it. And they're fairly inexpensive at the home-use level, if you wanted to go with a new one. -- SC Tom |
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Maybe a little OT, scanner for Windows 7
Art Todesco wrote:
I have an old Microtek 6000 scanner and have always hated it ... I guess, mostly the software. It is slow, but the lamp warming makes it almost unbearable. It warms the lamp, even when it hasn't shut off the lamp ... totally goofy. Anyway, I just bought an Epson Perfection V37 and really like the speed. And, no warming, as it uses LEDs. But it doesn't seem to do one thing that the old Microtek did. On the Microtek, it would do a rough pre-scan and allow you to box all of a section of the rough on screen pic. Then you would only scan that much. Great for cutting and pasting. I use it quite a bit for musical score where there is too many staffs of notes; so I can paste together only what I need to play from. The Epson doesn't appear to allow this or as least, I haven't found a way, either by hacking or reading the manual. Sure, I could scan the whole thing and then, in another program, do the cutting. But, it was very convenient on the Microtek. So, I think Epson is going back. Anyone know of a scanner that will allow cropping before the scan? My Epson will do a preview scan. It is a low quality scan but will allow you to outline what you want to scan. Are you sure you don't have the preview scan turned off in your preferences or setup? -- GW Ross What the caterpillar calls 'End of the World', God calls a butterfly. |
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On 03/15/2014 07:27 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
Epson Perfection V37 \\ From the Epson manual: Place your original(s) on the document table. See Placing Documents or Photos for instructions Start Epson Scan. In the Home Mode window, select the Document Type, Image Type, and Destination settings. Click Preview to preview your image(s). The Preview window appears and displays your image(s) |
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Maybe a little OT, scanner for Windows 7
SC Tom wrote:
"Art Todesco" wrote in message ... I have an old Microtek 6000 scanner and have always hated it ... I guess, mostly the software. It is slow, but the lamp warming makes it almost unbearable. It warms the lamp, even when it hasn't shut off the lamp ... totally goofy. Anyway, I just bought an Epson Perfection V37 and really like the speed. And, no warming, as it uses LEDs. But it doesn't seem to do one thing that the old Microtek did. On the Microtek, it would do a rough pre-scan and allow you to box all of a section of the rough on screen pic. Then you would only scan that much. Great for cutting and pasting. I use it quite a bit for musical score where there is too many staffs of notes; so I can paste together only what I need to play from. The Epson doesn't appear to allow this or as least, I haven't found a way, either by hacking or reading the manual. Sure, I could scan the whole thing and then, in another program, do the cutting. But, it was very convenient on the Microtek. So, I think Epson is going back. Anyone know of a scanner that will allow cropping before the scan? Is there maybe a software upgrade/update or add-on Epson program that will add that feature? It's not the scanner; it's the software. All of the HP flatbed scanners and AIOs that I've had included that feature. I have a Desk Jet 3050 AIO now that also does it. And they're fairly inexpensive at the home-use level, if you wanted to go with a new one. I second purchasing HP. -- Blue |
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On 3/15/2014 8:40 AM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 3/15/2014 8:27 AM, Art Todesco wrote: I have an old Microtek 6000 scanner and have always hated it ... I guess, mostly the software. It is slow, but the lamp warming makes it almost unbearable. It warms the lamp, even when it hasn't shut off the lamp ... totally goofy. Anyway, I just bought an Epson Perfection V37 and really like the speed. And, no warming, as it uses LEDs. But it doesn't seem to do one thing that the old Microtek did. On the Microtek, it would do a rough pre-scan and allow you to box all of a section of the rough on screen pic. Then you would only scan that much. Great for cutting and pasting. I use it quite a bit for musical score where there is too many staffs of notes; so I can paste together only what I need to play from. The Epson doesn't appear to allow this or as least, I haven't found a way, either by hacking or reading the manual. Sure, I could scan the whole thing and then, in another program, do the cutting. But, it was very convenient on the Microtek. So, I think Epson is going back. Anyone know of a scanner that will allow cropping before the scan? There is a maximum pixel per inch that the scanner is capable. Whether you scan the full document or a 2"square of the document, the best you can scan hat 2 inch square is that maximum resolution. I doubt if it takes any more time to make a draft scan and then a good scan. I make one scan at maximum resolution, and acquire the scanned image into an image Processor like Irfanview. Then cut what I want and use it as needed. My brother can not understand this. I scanned several hundred family pictures in batches and gave him a CD with the batch images. He still wants me to go back and scan them individually, as he thinks the pictures well be better. Yes, I knew that. I've scanned many photos from the pre-digital era. It was just so convenient to box out the desired area on the preview, and then scan. BTW, for over 1000 35mm slides, I found that scanning was not the best. I ended up slightly modifying my old Sawyers projector to provide a mounting for a digital camera and a white screen between the slide and the lamp. The white screen was cut from a camera lens cap used for white balancing. It worked better than I could have possibly hoped for. I had some "professionally" done and then redone, and they were no where near as good. Sadly, the projector will never again project to a screen or wall, but it made the whole project quite easy. |
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On 3/15/2014 9:52 AM, G. Ross wrote:
Art Todesco wrote: I have an old Microtek 6000 scanner and have always hated it ... I guess, mostly the software. It is slow, but the lamp warming makes it almost unbearable. It warms the lamp, even when it hasn't shut off the lamp ... totally goofy. Anyway, I just bought an Epson Perfection V37 and really like the speed. And, no warming, as it uses LEDs. But it doesn't seem to do one thing that the old Microtek did. On the Microtek, it would do a rough pre-scan and allow you to box all of a section of the rough on screen pic. Then you would only scan that much. Great for cutting and pasting. I use it quite a bit for musical score where there is too many staffs of notes; so I can paste together only what I need to play from. The Epson doesn't appear to allow this or as least, I haven't found a way, either by hacking or reading the manual. Sure, I could scan the whole thing and then, in another program, do the cutting. But, it was very convenient on the Microtek. So, I think Epson is going back. Anyone know of a scanner that will allow cropping before the scan? My Epson will do a preview scan. It is a low quality scan but will allow you to outline what you want to scan. Are you sure you don't have the preview scan turned off in your preferences or setup? I haven't found it yet. BTW, what model do you have? |
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On 15/03/2014 12:27, Art Todesco wrote:
I have an old Microtek 6000 scanner and have always hated it ... I guess, mostly the software. It is slow, but the lamp warming makes it almost unbearable. It warms the lamp, even when it hasn't shut off the lamp ... totally goofy. Anyway, I just bought an Epson Perfection V37 and really like the speed. And, no warming, as it uses LEDs. But it doesn't seem to do one thing that the old Microtek did. On the Microtek, it would do a rough pre-scan and allow you to box all of a section of the rough on screen pic. Then you would only scan that much. Great for cutting and pasting. I use it quite a bit for musical score where there is too many staffs of notes; so I can paste together only what I need to play from. The Epson doesn't appear to allow this or as least, I haven't found a way, either by hacking or reading the manual. Sure, I could scan the whole thing and then, in another program, do the cutting. But, it was very convenient on the Microtek. So, I think Epson is going back. Anyone know of a scanner that will allow cropping before the scan? I've got a couple of Epson scanners, and they've always allowed a pre-scan, and then selecting the scan area - along with defining the media type (reflective or transparent) and whether colour, greyscale or line art, etc. Neither is connected at the moment, so I can't run Epson Scan to check but, from memory, there are more than one mode of operation - with a basic quick and dirty mode where everything is automatic, and an Advanced/Expert mode where you get to control all the parameters. It may even be two versions of the software on the CD which comes with the scanner - can't remember. -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked. |
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On 3/15/2014 12:09 PM, Art Todesco wrote:
On 3/15/2014 8:40 AM, Keith Nuttle wrote: On 3/15/2014 8:27 AM, Art Todesco wrote: There is a maximum pixel per inch that the scanner is capable. Whether you scan the full document or a 2"square of the document, the best you can scan hat 2 inch square is that maximum resolution. I doubt if it takes any more time to make a draft scan and then a good scan. I make one scan at maximum resolution, and acquire the scanned image into an image Processor like Irfanview. Then cut what I want and use it as needed. My brother can not understand this. I scanned several hundred family pictures in batches and gave him a CD with the batch images. He still wants me to go back and scan them individually, as he thinks the pictures well be better. Yes, I knew that. I've scanned many photos from the pre-digital era. It was just so convenient to box out the desired area on the preview, and then scan. BTW, for over 1000 35mm slides, I found that scanning was not the best. I ended up slightly modifying my old Sawyers projector to provide a mounting for a digital camera and a white screen between the slide and the lamp. The white screen was cut from a camera lens cap used for white balancing. It worked better than I could have possibly hoped for. I had some "professionally" done and then redone, and they were no where near as good. Sadly, the projector will never again project to a screen or wall, but it made the whole project quite easy. I got a Vupoint slide converter about $70. It does a great job of doing making digital images of the slides but has only a four slide tray. I have about 10 years of slides, and it takes time. I wish there was a system that I could put my B&H slide cubes in and could do it automatically or automatically feed from the cube. |
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On 3/15/2014, philo* posted:
On 03/15/2014 07:27 AM, Art Todesco wrote: Epson Perfection V37 \\ From the Epson manual: Place your original(s) on the document table. See Placing Documents or Photos for instructions Start Epson Scan. In the Home Mode window, select the Document Type, Image Type, and Destination settings. Click Preview to preview your image(s). The Preview window appears and displays your image(s) +1 -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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Maybe a little OT, scanner for Windows 7
On 3/15/2014, Art Todesco posted:
I have an old Microtek 6000 scanner and have always hated it ... I guess, mostly the software. It is slow, but the lamp warming makes it almost unbearable. It warms the lamp, even when it hasn't shut off the lamp ... totally goofy. Anyway, I just bought an Epson Perfection V37 and really like the speed. And, no warming, as it uses LEDs. But it doesn't seem to do one thing that the old Microtek did. On the Microtek, it would do a rough pre-scan and allow you to box all of a section of the rough on screen pic. Then you would only scan that much. Great for cutting and pasting. I use it quite a bit for musical score where there is too many staffs of notes; so I can paste together only what I need to play from. The Epson doesn't appear to allow this or as least, I haven't found a way, either by hacking or reading the manual. Sure, I could scan the whole thing and then, in another program, do the cutting. But, it was very convenient on the Microtek. So, I think Epson is going back. Anyone know of a scanner that will allow cropping before the scan? If philo's advice doesn't clarify it, just download the free IrfanView. It has that capability (unless the TWAIN or WIA drivers don't, which seem totally unlikely). irfanview.com -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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On 03/15/2014 02:44 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On 3/15/2014, philo posted: On 03/15/2014 07:27 AM, Art Todesco wrote: Epson Perfection V37 \\ From the Epson manual: Place your original(s) on the document table. See Placing Documents or Photos for instructions Start Epson Scan. In the Home Mode window, select the Document Type, Image Type, and Destination settings. Click Preview to preview your image(s). The Preview window appears and displays your image(s) +1 In all the years I've been into Photography I *really* recommend Epson. |
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On 03/15/2014 11:43 AM, Roger Mills wrote:
I've got a couple of Epson scanners, and they've always allowed a pre-scan, and then selecting the scan area - along with defining the media type (reflective or transparent) and whether colour, greyscale or line art, etc. Neither is connected at the moment, so I can't run Epson Scan to check but, from memory, there are more than one mode of operation - with a basic quick and dirty mode where everything is automatic, and an Advanced/Expert mode where you get to control all the parameters. It may even be two versions of the software on the CD which comes with the scanner - can't remember. yep. Any Epson I had has had a preview mode. It can get turned off though |
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On 03/15/2014 02:47 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On 3/15/2014, Art Todesco posted: I have an old Microtek 6000 scanner and have always hated it ... I guess, mostly the software. It is slow, but the lamp warming makes it almost unbearable. It warms the lamp, even when it hasn't shut off the lamp ... totally goofy. Anyway, I just bought an Epson Perfection V37 and really like the speed. And, no warming, as it uses LEDs. But it doesn't seem to do one thing that the old Microtek did. On the Microtek, it would do a rough pre-scan and allow you to box all of a section of the rough on screen pic. Then you would only scan that much. Great for cutting and pasting. I use it quite a bit for musical score where there is too many staffs of notes; so I can paste together only what I need to play from. The Epson doesn't appear to allow this or as least, I haven't found a way, either by hacking or reading the manual. Sure, I could scan the whole thing and then, in another program, do the cutting. But, it was very convenient on the Microtek. So, I think Epson is going back. Anyone know of a scanner that will allow cropping before the scan? If philo's advice doesn't clarify it, just download the free IrfanView. It has that capability (unless the TWAIN or WIA drivers don't, which seem totally unlikely). irfanview.com Great idea. I've using IrfanView for many years . It's free but I liked it so much I gave Irfan a modest contribution. |
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