OT My scanner is the slowest on the planet! Any recommendations for a FAST one? BW Edward On 17 September 2013 09:39, Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> wrote: > > Its sadly to late for you Maisie but there is an alternative others may > want to consider > > Scan the pages and keep them in digital form > > Easier to read, no guilt pangs, no weight, no space taken up and the > luxury of being able to read and review at your leisure > > You can share some or all to anyone around the globe, and by so doing > create back ups with those other interested parties > > People are becoming far more attuned to digital media, who prints photos > these days? > > Photos, letters, cards, certificates, records, and of course photos or > scans of any other ephemera or family items can all be saved for > posterity, I can scan larger objects and stitch the scans together to > make a complete picture again but digitally > > Once scanned and confirmed, you can then enjoy reading the items and > cataloguing them at your leisure, when satisfied all are recorded you > can then recycle the paper without the guilt, in fact you can enjoy > making space knowing the items are not lost for good > > You would be surprised how much can be scanned or recorded in a short > space of time > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > On 17/09/2013 03:14, Maisie Egger wrote: > > Today I feel like wearing black crepe from head to toe as I > > “cremated” my “paper family.” > > > > Younger daughter came to help me gut the joint then huffed and puffed > > about why her father needed 16 paints of trousers, some as old as > > tea, but he wouldn’t let her put them on the yard sale pile! > > However, there was no sentimentality at all when she plopped two big > > plastic tubs at my feet with a no nonsense look about her that I > > needed to start gleaning some of my family bits and dabs. > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] > > You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or click on > the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- *Edward*

Get an All In One printer - Scan, Copy, Print and if you need it Fax I have a HP Photo Smart Plus printer and it takes care of what needs to be done. Don edward paxton Tuesday, September 17, 2013 4:49 AM Subject: Re: [Lanark] Gut the dump, now! OR another way :-) OT My scanner is the slowest on the planet! Any recommendations for a FAST one? BW Edward

Hi Don I thought Edwards post was direct to me so I replied off list With respect Don, an all in one printer will do a sort of a job for you if you do it bit by bit, but to scan a large amount of paperwork you need something (or someone :-) a little more competent Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 17/09/2013 20:12, [email protected] wrote: > Get an All In One printer - Scan, Copy, Print and if you need it Fax > > I have a HP Photo Smart Plus printer and it takes care of what needs to > be done. > > Don > > > edward paxton Tuesday, September 17, 2013 4:49 AM > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Gut the dump, now! OR another way :-) > > OT > > My scanner is the slowest on the planet! Any recommendations for a FAST > one? > > BW > > Edward > > > >