https://scanning.guide/ 2026-07-18T22:34:20+00:00 https://scanning.guide/ https://scanning.guide/_media/logo.png text/html 2026-01-12T18:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/adf-scanning?rev=1768243880&do=diff ADF Scanning "The methods and software we present here are all Windows based, if someone would like to write up similar setups for Mac or Linux please do so!" "This guide is currently only tailored for the Fujitsu fi-7160, fi-7180, fi-7460, and fi-7480 models. As we find other models that do a good job we'll add methods to use them here as well. text/html 2020-08-31T15:17:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/blah2?rev=1598887051&do=diff Test 2 from windows * from mac test again from windowsasdasdasd text/html 2020-10-13T22:38:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/canoscan?rev=1602628731&do=diff CANOSCAN Scanning with Canon-brand Scanners This guide is for scanning based off our experience with a CanoScan 9000F Mark II. This may or may not be able to be applied to other Canon scanners. You’ll need to install the CanoScan software that came with your scanner. This should include software called “ScanGear” or “Canon IJ Scan Utility”. When opened it will look like this: text/html 2020-09-18T01:56:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/clean-your-scanner?rev=1600394192&do=diff Clean Your Scanner You’d be surprised how many specks of things will get left behind when you scan. Be sure to clean your scanner with some glass cleaner and a towel and then wipe with a micro-cloth before-hand. We recommend if you're doing multiple scans at once to take the micro-cloth and wipe it across your bed every 2-3 scans as well just to keep things clean. If you accidentally touch the scanner glass with your hand you'll likely need to get the glass cleaner out again. Scans with partic… text/html 2022-10-27T15:16:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/coca?rev=1666883767&do=diff This is a backup of the original information located at <http://www.dohm.com.au/coca/> (archived website) INFORMATION CoCa is an open source, mainly MS Windows appplication, designed to create ICC color profiles for digital capture devices, like scanners and cameras. It utilises Argyll open source color library, which is included in CoCa installation package. CoCa supports a variety of calibration targets, including: text/html 2020-09-18T02:01:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/creating_pdfs?rev=1600394481&do=diff Creating PDFs In this section we'll detail how to take your manual scans and combine them into easy to read PDF files that also who up well in the Internet Archive reader. You'll need to make sure each page is a separate image file and ordered correctly by name so if you haven't done that already do so. If you're doing it with a ADF scanner you can follow my directions for doing that text/html 2020-10-24T17:21:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/epsonscan?rev=1603560071&do=diff EPSON SCAN Scanning with Epson-brand Scanners Your Epson scanner likely came with the appropriate software for it but if you want to get the latest version or don’t have your install disc you’ll need to go to Epson’s support page and find your scanner model then look in the downloads section for Epson Scan and download and install it. The version showed below is the Epson Scan for the V550 but others are likely similar. text/html 2022-10-27T15:08:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/how-to-calibrate-for-it8?rev=1666883281&do=diff How To Calibrate for IT8 The first step to calibration is getting a scan of your IT8 card. If you have gone through the software part of the guide, you should be able to use Canon, Epson, or Vuescan scanning software to get a “flat” RAW scan of your card. 400-600DPI is recommended as the calibration software sometimes has issues with high resolution scans at 800DPI or higher. Make sure you don't use any kind of TIFF compression (This is default behavior) when saving your scan as that will cause… text/html 2020-10-19T12:48:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/navigationmenu?rev=1603111714&do=diff * Welcome * Products * Foomatic 2000 * Foomatic 2010 * Service * About Foo Inc. * Contact * Wiki Syntax text/html 2020-10-24T17:30:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/placing-your-paper?rev=1603560622&do=diff Placing Your Paper "Do not align your paper against the edge of the scanner, doing so will cut off the edges of the scanned content." Annoyingly nearly all scanners will cut off your scans when you line up against the edges. Because of this we'll need to buffer our scans with a bit of space in order to avoid anything being lost during the scanning process. Scanners tend to have two corners of the actual scanning bed that cut off a lot more than the opposing sides. We can use that space for ma… text/html 2020-09-18T01:59:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/post_production_editing?rev=1600394378&do=diff Post Production/Editing If you've already scanned using the guidelines and tutorials and have successfully preserved a RAW scan then you've already done a great service to the preservation community! However if you want to clean up and improve your images and release them in a non-RAW format we can give you a few tips here. This is by no means a perfect method, there are honestly no perfect methods with post production/editing of images because it will always need to be specifically tailored to… text/html 2025-08-25T20:23:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/scanning-standards?rev=1756153391&do=diff Flatbed Archival Scanning Standards Note: These standards are for flatbed scanners. For ADF Scanners a separate section is located here. DPI Arguably the most important part of scanning is getting a high enough level of DPI. For true archival scans you want to get 1200DPI if at all possible. This may be considered overkill for most uses however it has a major plus in that is that it allows for easier touch-up and repair for damaged boxes etc. which almost everything we scan will have some dam… text/html 2020-10-14T14:15:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/sharing-your-scans?rev=1602684924&do=diff Sharing Your Scans Scanning your stuff in archival quality is great but ultimately you're probably going to want to share them somewhere. One place you can use is the Internet Archive! This is one of many ways you can share, so researchers and historians can find your content. text/html 2020-08-30T20:41:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/test2?rev=1598820072&do=diff test23245 text/html 2020-08-30T20:41:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/test3?rev=1598820091&do=diff test test23 text/html 2020-08-31T15:14:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/test4?rev=1598886891&do=diff text/html 2020-10-13T22:53:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/tinyscanner?rev=1602629637&do=diff TINYSCANNER Originally written by Norm Caruso, @GamingHistorian Tiny Scanner is an app available on iOS and Android that allows you to create PDFs quickly through pictures on your smartphone. This is particularly useful when scanning a large amount of documents, as it can save you an incredible amount of time. A few months ago, I went to the National Archives to scan documents related to the Universal / Donkey Kong case. There were 4 boxes of documents. The National Archives only allows the us… text/html 2020-09-11T01:30:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/todo?rev=1599787849&do=diff Todo: * Add images showing “we want to go from this to this” on the start page, showing bad vs good * text/html 2021-03-17T22:30:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/unbinding?rev=1616020223&do=diff Unbinding Books and Manuals Bound books and manuals can be difficult to scan properly, and if they're not stapled they'll need to be unbound in a destructive manner. This is unfortunately the only way to get a good archival scan of these, unless you invest in something like the text/html 2021-10-13T13:46:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/using-diffusion-paper?rev=1634132797&do=diff Using Diffusion Paper From community member FakeShemp When dealing with reflective media, such as CDs or covers with foil prints, flatbed scanners struggle a bit. CDs usually end up with rainbow patterns and hot foil prints can end up solid black. To counteract these imperfections, a layer of text/html 2020-10-13T22:40:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/vuescan?rev=1602628834&do=diff VueScan Scanning Images with VueScan VueScan is really only recommended when you’re unable to use your built in scanner software such as Epson Scan or CanoScan. This is due to the fact that the manufacturer’s software is generally tuned to get the best results from their own hardware and it’s also free. However this isn’t always possible with some older scanner models or when using Linux or MacOS. VueScan can still be used but it’s a bit trickier to use and might be unstable. It’s also unfortu… text/html 2020-12-01T13:46:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/what-and-where-to-buy?rev=1606830371&do=diff What and Where to Buy Hardware Suggestions for Flatbed Scanners The main feature you want in a flatbed scanner is that it's capable of high DPI and uses CCD technology and not CIS. If it uses CCD it’s a good bet that it will be a quality scanner and can likely do at least 1200DPI which is ideal for archival scanning. text/html 2026-01-10T16:27:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/why-calibration-is-important?rev=1768062471&do=diff Why Calibration is Important To get the best possible color scans from your scanner you need to calibrate it. This involves some extra work and requires you to order an IT8 calibration card (see below). With proper calibration you can be assured that your scans will have more accurate colors. It also allows for a baseline for all of your images which is very important for consistency which is why calibration is something we strongly encourage you to do if you can. If you’re unable to, we might…