[DM-MUG] Which scanner?

[Allen Kiddoo]

We have an Epson V300 connected to iMac. Very satisfied with it. Included
software is excellent. Have not used it to scan film yet. OCR is very good.
Paid about $100 at Bestbuy.

Allen Kiddoo
Ioway Record Printing Co.
316 West Third St.
Muscatine, IA 52761
563.263.7822 office
563.554.7166 mobile
Chat: Skype: akiddoo


On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 7:51 PM, D Reger <cdreger at grm.net> wrote:

>  Thanks David. I didn't know about the smaller version. Also on Amazon, I
> found a Pentax version, cheaper, with mixed reviews.
>
> I also ran a similar question on the MacLife forum and got the following
> links from "Nefarious":
>
>     http://www.google.com/search?ie=utf8&am … s+cards%22
>      http://www.newsoftinc.com/products/prod … id=NAI0019
>
> The first is a Google page. Lots of biz card scanners but most not Mac
> compatible. The second is so complicated I don't know what it does.
>
> I replied: " I guess what I would like in my fantasy world is a flat bed
> scanner like the Epson V30 that would also read biz cards and make it
> available to the address book somehow, and still have all those nice flatbed
> features. If anyone knows how to pull that info off the scan and into the
> address book or a mail merge let's hear from you. If I am asking for
> something obvious to some of you experts, please just slap me and then
> explain it to me. If it doesn't exist, could someone please invent it?"
>
> Oh well, thanks, I'll keep looking. -Darlene
>
>
>
>
>
> David McLaughlin wrote:
>
>  If there is a solution it will be with the OCR software but I have
> never done much with it and cannot answer the question.
>
>
>  The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M is the scanner I've be lusting after
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B001XWCQO2/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance
>
> and the smaller version "ScanSnap S300M Clr 600DPI USB 10PG Adf Mobile
> Scanner"
>
> I don't have one yet but have heard good reviews from several
> sources.  I'm looking to go paperless in the next year or so.
>
> The idea is to scan a document and then have OCR allow the text in the
> scanned documents allow searching using Spotlight.
>
> David D. McLaughlinwebmaster at dmmug.org
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