RE: [Repeater-Builder] manual and service manual scanning (digitize to PDF)

2010-02-20 Thread Mike Morris
At 12:51 PM 02/20/10, you wrote: >Thanks to those whom commented. I like the idea of being able to have >someone else spend time on scanning manuals instead of me for a little >money. Some of the former Kinkos stores (now "Fedex Office") have the wide scanners, some don't. Kinkos got started in th

Re: [Repeater-Builder] manual and service manual scanning (digitize to PDF)

2010-02-20 Thread Joe
My HP PSC2410 Photosmart all-in-one Printer/Fax/Scanner/Copier came with software that will scan something into many formats, including PDF files. The only thing I find is that the size of the PDF file is rather large. 73, Joe, K1ike Benjamin L. Naber wrote: > Thanks to those whom commented.

RE: [Repeater-Builder] manual and service manual scanning (digitize to PDF)

2010-02-20 Thread Benjamin L. Naber
Thanks to those whom commented. I like the idea of being able to have someone else spend time on scanning manuals instead of me for a little money. However, it's also good to know how to do it myself when I have only one or two items as a time. One of these days I hope to see a manual library on a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] manual and service manual scanning (digitize to PDF)

2010-02-19 Thread DCFluX
I was surprised how well the scan stitch worked, it even has fine skew controls. I'm more interested in an OCR program that will spit out regenerated text with the correct font and in the right places for a PDF.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] manual and service manual scanning (digitize to PDF)

2010-02-19 Thread George Henry
I use a Fujitsu flatbed scanner at work that also has an automatic document feeder that can handle the large foldouts in a single pass. I scan directly to PDF, no intermediate graphics files. George, KA3HSW / WQGJ413 - Original Message - From: "Benjamin L. Naber" To: Sent: Friday,

RE: [Repeater-Builder] manual and service manual scanning (digitize to PDF)

2010-02-19 Thread Eric Lemmon
Benjamin, There is no need to mosaic anything. The key is to use a commercial scanner that has a throat of at least 48", so that long foldout sheets can be scanned in one pass directly into PDF. Such machines are very expensive, and would normally be found only at a commercial graphics house. I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] manual and service manual scanning (digitize to PDF)

2010-02-19 Thread DCFluX
ARCsoft Scan and Stitch is what I used. On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Robert Pease wrote: > > > All Hail GIMP > > > > *From:* Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto: > repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Benjamin L. Naber > *Sent:* Friday, February 19, 2010 2:39 PM > *To

RE: [Repeater-Builder] manual and service manual scanning (digitize to PDF)

2010-02-19 Thread Robert Pease
All Hail GIMP From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Benjamin L. Naber Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 2:39 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] manual and service manual scanning (digitize to PDF)