On 2009-11-07 18:55:04 +0000, T i m said:

>> 
>> The big plus with the ScanSnap is there's no setup. It sits connected 
>> to the USB hub and if I want a quick scan I fire up the software and 
>> press the scanner button. The software takes care of multiple pages, a 
>> mixture of blank and single sides plus text orientation automatically.
> 
> So say you were digitising a 100 page magazine I assume you would load
> it in two chunks, what would you get out (by default I mean)? How much
> control would you have over the process?

You'd get two 50 page PDFs at whatever resolution you selected, any 
blank pages would be removed and both sides of each page are scanned as 
they go through the scanner. As it comes with Acrobat Pro, you also 
have the tools to join these two files together.

There are some screenshots below:

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<http://img.skitch.com/20091107-rc1k6n9ysa4yxxmks7tpmmqf65.png>

<http://img.skitch.com/20091107-ng9asc3jc1netx1yfrnrxt6hu1.png>
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On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:15:02 +0000, Steve Hodgson 
wrote:

>> So say you were digitising a 100 page magazine I assume you would load
>> it in two chunks, what would you get out (by default I mean)? How much
>> control would you have over the process?
>
>You'd get two 50 page PDFs at whatever resolution you selected,

Ah right, So is it the fact that the pages come continuously that
holds the file open?

> any 
>blank pages would be removed and both sides of each page are scanned as 
>they go through the scanner.

Ok.

> As it comes with Acrobat Pro, you also 
>have the tools to join these two files together.

Ok
>
>There are some screenshots below:
>
><http://img.skitch.com/20091107-gyyyhycsutj7yfw2tjyeqjmhxf.png>
>
><http://img.skitch.com/20091107-rc1k6n9ysa4yxxmks7tpmmqf65.png>
>
><http://img.skitch.com/20091107-ng9asc3jc1netx1yfrnrxt6hu1.png>

Brilliant, thanks for those.

So, at what point do you get to name and locate file or is that done
by defaults (locate) and on a rolling indent system (filename, like on
a digital camera)? ie, How much input would you have to provide if
scanning say 100 individual documents? 

My hope is that it could just automatically generate single docs (with
both front and back images) and assuming you can view them in a
thumbnail form they could be sorted into folders later, only renaming
them if important etc. Say I have a folder containing receipts for
anything to do with our kit car, I would be happy to just have them in
one place and if I had to flick through them (on screen) to find what
I wanted so be it.

Sorry for all the questions but it's often these little things that
can be the deal breakers.

Cheers, T i m