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====== ADF Scanning ====== | ====== ADF Scanning ====== | ||
- | First off, the methods and software | + | > |
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+ | >This guide is currently only tailored for the Fujitsu | ||
===== Which Fujitsu Software to use? ===== | ===== Which Fujitsu Software to use? ===== | ||
- | If you go ahead and purchase | + | If have a fi-7160 or fi-7460 you’ll notice these come with a slew of software from Fujitsu, so which do we want to use? We have found that the consumer grade "Scansnap Manager Software" |
- | **__Scansnap | + | ==== Scansnap |
- | Upon launch Scansnap Manager will usually start in your taskbar | + | Upon launch |
- | Application Tab – I just set this to Scan to Folder and that’s it. | + | **Use Quick Menu** - Uncheck |
- | Save – Choose the folder you want your scans to go in and change the file naming format if you wish. | + | **Application Tab** – Set this to Scan to Folder. |
- | Scanning – Here are my settings | + | **Save** – Choose the folder you want your scans to go in and change the file naming format if you wish. |
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+ | **Scanning** – Here are the recommended | ||
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- | File Option - Set this to save your files as JPEG. | + | **File Option** - Set this to save your files as JPEG. |
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+ | **Paper Size** - This one is a bit tricky. For most uses Automatic will work okay but we’ve noticed with manual pages it sometimes gets too aggressive and will cut things off. So we recommend to scan the manual in twice, first with Automatic as it straightens and crops the manual pages, which saves a lot of work. Then rescan the manual with custom set page sizes that are larger than the document being scanned, so it captures all of it without cropping. Keep those larger scans as your RAW untouched images, which can be compressed together into a ZIP file and included with your uploads. We really recommend going the extra mile and doing this so RAW scans exist for people to use that won't be cut off or can be edited later for various uses. As mentioned above you can create Custom Sizes to cut down on the extra space it will scan in to make your file sizes smaller, for example for NES/Famicom Manuals a great custom size is 6x6 inches which usually captures those completely as well as a small border. Experiment and create your own (please share custom sizes that work for you!), and again this is usually only necessary with smaller manuals. For some reason full size pages are rarely aggressively cropped with the Automatic setting, but it’s a good idea to always keep an eye out for this. | ||
- | Paper Size – This one is a bit tricky… for most uses Automatic will work okay but I’ve noticed with manual pages it sometimes gets too aggressive and will cut things off. So what I’ll do is scan the manual in twice, once with automatic as it straightens and crops the manual pages, which saves a lot of work. I’ll then rescan another time with custom set page sizes that are larger than what I’m scanning so it captures all of it without cropping. I’ll keep those larger scans as my RAW untouched images which I usually ZIP and include with my uploads. For books and magazines I don’t really run into this issue but for smaller pages I do for whatever reason. As I mentioned above you can create Custom Sizes to cut down on the extra space it will scan in to make your file sizes smaller, for example for NES/Famicom Manuals I have one set that is set to 6x6 inches which usually captures those completely as well as a border. Experiment and create your own is what I recommend, and again this is really only necessary with smaller manuals in my experience, for some reason full size pages are rarely aggressively cropped with automatic but it’s not a bad idea to always keep an eye out for this. Oh and lastly for Multifeed Detection | + | **Multifeed Detection** - Set it to Check Overlapping [UltraSonic]. |
- | Compression – Set this to 1, that gives you the largest file sizes but the lowest JPEG compression | + | **Compression** – Set this to 1, that gives you the largest file sizes and the lowest JPEG compression, making |
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- | Once you set all of these then put your pages in your ADF with your cover page facing you and the guides locked in. Then hit your scan button and it should start feeding your scans through. Notice if you do over 100 pages it will error out and ask if you want to delete your scans. Just tell it no there and it will keep everything | + | Once you set all of these then put your pages in your ADF with your cover page facing you and the guides locked in. Then hit your scan button and it should start feeding your scans through. Notice if you do over 100 pages it will error out and ask if you want to delete your scans. Just tell it No, and it will keep everything. Under 100 it will just ask you to confirm everything, if it misfeeds it should notify you and we honestly just recommend |
- | ===== ScandAll Pro Settings | + | ==== ScandAll Pro Settings ==== |
- | \\ Again I do NOT recommend ScandAllPro for scanning with your Fujitsu scanners due to the fact that it produces worse quality and more JPEG artifacts than ScanSnap Manager. It’s only useful when you are scanning very long documents as it will not cut them off. | + | >Again we do NOT recommend ScandAllPro for scanning with your Fujitsu scanners due to the fact that it produces worse quality and more JPEG artifacts than ScanSnap Manager. It’s only useful when you are scanning very long documents as it will not cut them off. Another benefit it does have though is it doesn' |
To configure it you’ll need to go to the “Scan Options” along the toolbar and click it. | To configure it you’ll need to go to the “Scan Options” along the toolbar and click it. | ||
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- | If you close out of that window then you’ll choose another option on your toolbar- | + | Close out of that window, then you’ll choose another option on your toolbar: |
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- | That will bring up this window which you’ll click the circled area on – | + | That will bring up this window which you’ll click the circled area: |
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- | Mimic the settings in these screenshots on each tab – | + | Mimic the settings in these screenshots on each tab: |
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===== Creating PDFs from your Scans ===== | ===== Creating PDFs from your Scans ===== | ||
- | \\ You have successfully scanned a manual, congratulations! | + | \\ You have successfully scanned a manual, congratulations! |
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- | Here is a manual for Ys 3 for the Super Nintendo | + | The picture above shows a manual for Ys 3 for the Super Nintendo |
- | First step is I’m going to losslessly rotate all the pages with some software. | + | First step is to losslessly rotate all the pages with some software. |
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Now that our images are lined up properly we can split them. For that we’re going to use a cross platform open source software called [[https:// | Now that our images are lined up properly we can split them. For that we’re going to use a cross platform open source software called [[https:// | ||
- | Click [[https:// | + | We have a collection of [[https:// |
- | A short description of each script | + | A short description of each script: |
- | %%Splitpages.ps1 - Splits all images in a folder 50% horizontally.%% | + | %%**Splitpages.ps1** - Splits all images in a folder 50% horizontally.%% |
- | %%Splitpagesvert.ps1 - Splits all images in a folder 50% vertically.%% | + | %%**Splitpagesvert.ps1** - Splits all images in a folder 50% vertically.%% |
- | %%renameimages.ps1 - Renames and reorders pages in proper order for left to right page order.%% | + | %%**renameimages.ps1** - Renames and reorders pages in proper order for left to right page order.%% |
- | %%renameimages2.ps1 - Renames and reorders pages in proper order for right to left page order.%% | + | %%**renameimages2.ps1** - Renames and reorders pages in proper order for right to left page order.%% |
- | \\ Also please | + | \\ Please |
- | Since our pages are aligned horizontally | + | As your pages are now aligned horizontally |
- | Next we will run the renameimages.ps1 script | + | Next run the renameimages.ps1 script. Upon doing that you should have a lot of images starting with “img” in your folder, in the correct order. |
- | At this point you should have your images in the proper order and you can create PDF’s from them, or if you’re like me you’ll | + | At this point you should have your images in the proper order and you can create PDF’s from them, or if you might want to do some editing to them in Photoshop before doing that (such as adjusting levels and descreening). Ultimately it’s up to you. You can use Adobe Acrobat to combine images into PDF, or many of the other options out there. If you have any to suggest please let us know! |