Can the Scanner solve paper clutter problems?
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I've never owned a scanner so I need the advice of folks who've owned and/or used them.
I've got stacks of paper that I'd love to discard but I'm thinking of storing the information on them before doing so. These are my nursing notes, recipe collection from magazines and various clippings.
I'm just wondering if it's a good idea to scan them and save the info on CD's, thus freeing myself from paper clutter and making it easier to move my notes when the time comes cause CD's are definitely lighter than the tons of files I have.
Has anyone attempted this method before? Does it work well? What are the pro's and con's that you faced? What file tyeps did you save your scanned documents as?
Thanks in advance to anyone who responds!
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nope..
in fact i think got more probs.
first u have to find space for it, set it up.
after u scan, u may have to edit or use software to conver the pic to text. or u can leave it as an image. either way u might have a nightmare with sorting the files etc. -
After the 10th piece of paper you're scanning, you'll be wondering why you're actually doing this.
It is time consuming, then imagine the first time round it didn't scan well, you'll be scolding profanities before you even realise it. At night, when you lie in bed to sleep, you ask yourself why you're doing this again. -
Originally posted by bismarck:nope..
in fact i think got more probs.
first u have to find space for it, set it up.
after u scan, u may have to edit or use software to conver the pic to text. or u can leave it as an image. either way u might have a nightmare with sorting the files etc.
Bismarck, ditzy, thanks for the valuable information.Originally posted by ditzy:After the 10th piece of paper you're scanning, you'll be wondering why you're actually doing this. It is time consuming, then imagine the first time round it didn't scan well, you'll be scolding profanities before you even realise it. At night, when you lie in bed to sleep, you ask yourself why you're doing this again.
Sigh... there goes my 'solution' for the paper clutter. -
u just saved yrself $x00 bucks
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not a chance..
just like e-mail was going to "minimise" paper clutter, fricken everyone who is sent the mail prints a copy for filing...
and the scanner? unless you have a high-speed high-capacity scanner that does about 20 pages per minute, you're going to jump out the window after the 20th scan -
Unless you got one of those xerox laser thingies, its not going to be fast. You need someone with lots of spare time eg. your nephew Take the uni library staff for example, they got loads of spare time. They scan every frickin thing they can get their hands on, journals, articles, books, then compress all the images into a tiny(most of the time ) pdf file. Heaven knows how they do it.
If you do decide to take up the challenge. I can give more pointers. Here is an example of a scanned colour piece of paper at 75dpi resolution unresized.
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Wow... that's a car I could eventually own ... once I move! woohoooo!!!Originally posted by ditzy:Unless you got one of those xerox laser thingies, its not going to be fast. You need someone with lots of spare time eg. your nephew Take the uni library staff for example, they got loads of spare time. They scan every frickin thing they can get their hands on, journals, articles, books, then compress all the images into a tiny(most of the time ) pdf file. Heaven knows how they do it.
If you do decide to take up the challenge. I can give more pointers. Here is an example of a scanned colour piece of paper at 75dpi resolution unresized.
And ok, sounds like I'm better off with my paper clutter. -
Queensland-registered car?Originally posted by ditzy:Unless you got one of those xerox laser thingies, its not going to be fast. You need someone with lots of spare time eg. your nephew Take the uni library staff for example, they got loads of spare time. They scan every frickin thing they can get their hands on, journals, articles, books, then compress all the images into a tiny(most of the time ) pdf file. Heaven knows how they do it.
If you do decide to take up the challenge. I can give more pointers. Here is an example of a scanned colour piece of paper at 75dpi resolution unresized.
And Rhonda... I think it'll take you months & months to scan everything! A few recipes already took us a few hrs to scan & store everything properly onto our PC already
Not to mention that sometimes the scan doesn't come out correctly & we have to start ALL OVER AGAIN!! *sighz*