Monday, September 10, 2012

Learning How To Scan Saves Time

By Kerri Turner


Technology has worked many wonders for the average person in recent years. There was once a time when if a person wanted to duplicate copies of photos or documents, they had to see a specialist that could do this for a price. These days, people who know how to scan can do this in the comfort of their own home.

The first printers that were intended for home use had quite a few limitations. They were slow and only used black ink. Should a person want to print an image, it may have served a purpose but otherwise, it was grainy. In some cases, this was enough if it just meant getting a copy for the sake of having it.

Of course, technology has improved to the point where many people are scanning old photos and artwork and saving them to a disk drive in a matter of minutes. This saves people the expense of taking them to a photo editing or restoration service that has been known to charge a nice amount for duplicating old photographs. And if a person does not like how a document or image looks, they can easily change it themselves.

Being able to scan documents such as licenses, policies and important records that relate to children is very advantageous. This is simply due to the fact that paper documents can fade or yellow and not easy on the eye as it ages. These days, it is not recommended to rely on another party to have copies of these documents on hand. For one, they can charge money for this and in some cases, reaching them may not be possible.

The other advantage to being able to scan is that anyone can edit these documents easily. Most computers come with editing software installed that is pretty basic. Most of these are fairly inexpensive as well as easy to use. A person can crop, change the size and add color to just about any image or text document with the simple click or drag of a mouse.

Large documents or pictures tend to take up a lot of memory on an internal hard drive, so it may be best to save these on an external hard drive once they have been scanned. This can be helpful in the case of a computer being attacked by a virus that can remove files permanently. If this is not possible, using a small flash drive as a backup will do.

These days, there are a number of scanner styles to choose from. Most people who edit and print often invest in a multifunctional printer that comes with a scanner and photocopier. There are also portable scanners that are great for those who work outdoors or travel to multiple locations.

Being able to organize scans and automatically place them into folders that are set up by the user is a great concept. For the person that has a lot to be scanned or perhaps runs a home business, this is the ideal way to keep things in order. If a person is looking to save money they should learn how to scan documents and photos on their own and cut out the middle person.




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