From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karl Voit Subject: Re: [OT] Scanning for archiving Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 15:53:58 +0100 Message-ID: <2011-11-09T15-45-49@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> References: <87vcqy6vtl.fsf@praet.org> <2011-11-07T18-01-23@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> Reply-To: news1142@Karl-Voit.at Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:50852) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RO9Xk-0001OK-Hq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:54:29 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RO9Xe-0005Ug-Se for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:54:24 -0500 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:51868) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RO9Xe-0005UT-Ne for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:54:18 -0500 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RO9Xb-0001WO-1E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:54:15 +0100 Received: from mail.michael-prokop.at ([88.198.6.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:54:15 +0100 Received: from news1142 by mail.michael-prokop.at with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:54:15 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org * Karl Voit wrote: > > Inspired by «Total Recall»[3], a book of two MS Research guys, I > started life logging on my own two months ago. > > For this purpose I bought an HP OfficeJet Pro 8500A Plus which costs > € 250 and has a decent scanner. Is can scan and print full duplex. > The scanner as a 30 page ADF which is quite reliable when the paper > was not bend or stapled before. Addendum: I just ordered a ScanSnap S1500M[4] which was also used by the authors of «Total Recall». The HP OfficeJet Pro ADF is OK for occasional scanning. For big scan jobs, the HP Scan software as well as the ADF reliability is not sufficient I am afraid. Approx. 15-20% of the pages are not scanned because of multiple pages were scanned at once. The HP Scan software is not very user friendly: no visualization of the total sum of scanned pages per job, no auto-correction of scan skew, no auto delete of empty pages, far too few keyboard shortcuts for basic functions, ... Reading quite some product reviews I am confident that the ScanSnap is able to provide a more reliable and easy to use scan experience for large scan jobs. After I scanned all of my current papers, I will probably sell the ScanSnap and use the scanner of the OfficeJet Pro again. 4. http://scanners.fcpa.fujitsu.com/scansnapit/scansnap-s1500m.php -- Karl Voit