On Monday 27 November 2006 07:46, john s. wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 27 November 2006 02:59, john s. wrote: > >> Anne Wilson wrote: > >>> On Sunday 26 November 2006 17:21, john s. wrote: > >>>> Its just me here... My aunt has old family photos (1897+); I packed > >>>> up the laptop and scanner and went through the first batch Friday. I > >>>> have one of the Windows boxes set up as storage only and would like to > >>>> have the photos in a more 'secure' (meaning its easier to swipe the > >>>> laptop than the box) place. Being able to access the printer would be > >>>> a bonus. Sidenote- my aunt/uncle are in their 60's/70's; having me > >>>> scan the photos was quite a kick for them... They finally got a dvd > >>>> player for the tv, but haven't figured out how it works- scanning the > >>>> photos into the laptop was like rocket science. I was -very- impressed > >>>> with the scanner prog I was using; I've been working with Windows for > >>>> 7-8 years and the HP scanner program I've been using is -total- junk. > >>>> I'm glad I've been installing Fedora (and other builds) onto the boxes > >>>> here... I've been seeing how lame Windows really is. > >>> > >>> If it were just to copy photos around, I'd say it's easier to just use > >>> a pen-drive, memory-stick or CD. However, the remote printing alone is > >>> valuable enough to try for samba. As Craig said, it's not very > >>> difficult, and you'll get any help you need from the list. > >>> > >>> BTW, what did you use for your scanner? Just interested, as there are > >>> many possibilities and I haven't tried most of them. > >>> > >>> Anne > >> > >> I considered the usb toys; I have the cat5 crossover cable plugged > >> into the desktop- which would be easier to use than crawling around on > >> my hands and knees. There's three sets of kvm's, cables, computers and a > >> 15# cat to deal with, while I'm down there. > > > > USB pen-drives are so much less trouble :-) > > > >> I used xane; I was looking at the photos again today, in different > >> lighting. I few of the photos will have to be done- though it seems as > >> though those were done towards the end of the project. I looked at one > >> of the PDF's I created from a handwritten letter. The writing seemed a > >> little garbled... > > > > That could be default settings. I generally scan through Gimp > Acquire > > which fires up XSane, then loads the capture into Gimp. I like that > > because it's often necessary to slightly adjust contrast, on captures > > from my scanner. The default settings are very low resolution, but you > > can set them to what gives you a good result, then save that as your > > default. There's also an auto-adjust for gamma, which saves a lot of > > problems. > > > > The only other app that I've used in the last couple of years is a > > proprietary (but low-cost) program called VueScan. I bought this because > > it was capable of talking to my scsi film-scanner, and got better results > > than XSane did for that piece of equipment. I haven't tried it with my > > Epson scanner, though. The good thing about VueScan is that you get a > > free trial before having to pay anything, and if you buy a license it is > > for more than one machine in your home. > > > > I'm only recommending this if the normal scanning tools can't get the > > results that you need. > > > > Anne > > Doh! I'll check the software out when I'm done buying usb drives... > O:-) > Anyways, there's usb to ide cables available (I have two); I'll go > that ave if I can't get the buzzards to play nice. Thanks. Ever consider burning the photos to a CD or DVD ? > > -- > ÐÏࡱá
