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Scanning
Epson and HP scanner
The Computer Operators room contains two scanners. Use of the scanners are free of
charge. The scanners are available during Operator hours and is on a first come
first served basis. The scanners can scan areas of up to 21.5cm x 35.5cm
(ie. larger than A4, but not as large as A3). Users MUST remove staples, or anything
that may scratch the glass surface before using the scanner. The operators will be
happy to advise on use of the scanner and associated software applications.
An Operator created
manual for the Epson
is available.
They are able to produce a variety of file formats including PDF(single and multipage)
and JPEG.
Omnipage Professional
Object Character Recognition software (otherwise known as OCR software).
Scans in characters, matches them to the most likely character, and produces a
file of editable text. Omnipage Professional can work directly from the
scanner or from files if they are in a recognisable format. Recognised
formats include ZSoft Format (PCX) and TIFF (Compressed and Uncompressed).
TIFF files need to be at least 200 dpi in resolution.
Output files can be saved as ASCII or ANSI text or in one of many formats
recognised by PC packages (eg. DBase, Word, WordPerfect etc.).
