Well that got things moving. Here's my two penneth. I use a Visioneer Strobe Pro Scanner which scans my documents into Paperport version 7.0 . This is a through feed scanner and I probably do about 12,000 scans a year mainly of A4 size and in B&W line art. Occasionally the scanner will loose its port on the computer and freeze. I then have to shut everything down and reboot the computer whereupon it finds the port and everything is OK until next time. I'm not sure if this fault is a function of the Scanner or Paperport. Has anyone else had this problem? I notice that Paperport is now upto version 10 and wonder if an upgrade might solve the problem? Incidentally I would Highly recommend Paperport as a filing system for ALL your scanned material. Bob KIRK Dukinfield Cheshire Http://KirkSoft.co.uk www.fhsc.org.uk/fhsc/dukinfield.htm Interests Are: KIRK (Crewe & Manchester) DAWSON (Manchester) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 3:28 PM Subject: [SP] Livin' up the list > Hi List, > > As the list administrator I've noticed a lot of new subscribers to this > list. We must be having problems with our scanners or wanting some good > advice. How about if we start out with posting some of the problems, & > see if some of the more knowledgeable people can give us some advice. I > know I probably don't use my scanner to its full potential. When I do > use it, it is just a hit & miss thing. I keep trying until I get > something that looks acceptable. > > Donna > > > > ==== SCANNERS-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > To subscribe or unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] or > [email protected] with the singe word SUBSCRIBE or > UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >