Sent from my iPhone > Pam I use a relatively cheap Epsom workforce MFP and it works well. I also often use my iPhone! I photograph book pages much more quickly than I can scan them and quality is fine. Have you ever made any progress on linking your Vermont coveys to the RI Coveys? Asa Gage > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 16:17:14 +0000 (UTC) > From: Pam Wood Waugh <waughp@yahoo.com> > Subject: [TMG] OT - Cheap MFP or scanner? > To: "TMG-L@rootsweb.com" <TMG-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <15347256.8877256.1440346634423.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Has anyone purchased a cheap MFP that scans old photos and docs pretty well? Wading through reviews but none mention much about the scanning. I'm not sure if I should just get a Canon scanner, instead. I don't really need a good printer - my husband has one in his office, but I would like an inexpensive MFP for my office just for an occasional printout but mostly for scanning. I have hundreds of old photos I just inherited and would like to get them done rather quickly. Anyone purchased one lately for under $100??Pam > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 16:37:29 +0000 > From: Family Researcher <research@stonehouse.ca> > Subject: Re: [TMG] OT - Cheap MFP or scanner? > To: Pam Wood Waugh <waughp@yahoo.com>, "tmg@rootsweb.com" > <tmg@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <SN2PR0601MB7171C8CFB2D813A9CC2C9D08B630@SN2PR0601MB717.namprd06.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Pam, I'm using a Canon MG6320 which is a MFP and about 2-3years old and I am very satisfied with it. It does all the things you have mentioned. This is an older model and I haven?t check for new equivalents but the Canon site should be able to help you there. > > > > HTH > > > > Family Researcher > > research@stonehouse.ca<mailto:research@stonehouse.ca> > > www.stonehouse.ca<http://www.stonehouse.ca> > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pam Wood Waugh via > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2015 10:17 AM > To: TMG List <TMG-L@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [TMG] OT - Cheap MFP or scanner? > > > > Has anyone purchased a cheap MFP that scans old photos and docs pretty well? Wading through reviews but none mention much about the scanning. I'm not sure if I should just get a Canon scanner, instead. I don't really need a good printer - my husband has one in his office, but I would like an inexpensive MFP for my office just for an occasional printout but mostly for scanning. I have hundreds of old photos I just inherited and would like to get them done rather quickly. Anyone purchased one lately for under $100? Pam The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:TMG-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 09:47:12 -0700 > From: "John Davis" <yahad@christianreunion.org> > Subject: Re: [TMG] OT - Cheap MFP or scanner? > To: "'Pam Wood Waugh'" <waughp@yahoo.com>, <tmg@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <C432737628E448888C39BCE96DCC1E6A@DAVISMAIN1> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I use an Epson WF-2540 MFP at home and it has most of the bells and > whistles. They cost a tad over $100 dollars although Google came up with a > refurbished one for $73.99 on eBay. > > John Davis > > -----Original Message----- > From: tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf > Of Pam Wood Waugh via > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2015 9:17 AM > To: TMG-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TMG] OT - Cheap MFP or scanner? > > Has anyone purchased a cheap MFP that scans old photos and docs pretty well? > Wading through reviews but none mention much about the scanning. I'm not > sure if I should just get a Canon scanner, instead. I don't really need a > good printer - my husband has one in his office, but I would like an > inexpensive MFP for my office just for an occasional printout but mostly for > scanning. I have hundreds of old photos I just inherited and would like to > get them done rather quickly. Anyone purchased one lately for under > $100??Pam > The TMG archive is found here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 09:59:45 -0700 > From: Patt Ricketts <pattskatts@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [TMG] OT - Cheap MFP or scanner? > To: Pam Wood Waugh <waughp@yahoo.com>, tmg@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CAEkicFu1fn2+29qZ5SPDjfTfD2VcnVXTA4t1fqkKoK65UOhc3Q@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I use a Canon Lide210 scanner. It is a portable model that I can travel > with. It doesn't have an electric plug it get it power from the computer. I > think it cost about $30 when I bought it a couple of years ago. > > I think this is about the 3rd Lide I've had over the years. I had to > upgrade once because the old Lide wasn't compatible with a new version of > windows. The next upgrade was because the one I have now was on sale and my > husband wanted a scanner. He got the old one and I got the new one. <g> > > It's nice when visiting a relative to be able to scan photos they have. > > Patt > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Pam Wood Waugh via <tmg@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > >> Has anyone purchased a cheap MFP that scans old photos and docs pretty >> well? Wading through reviews but none mention much about the scanning. I'm >> not sure if I should just get a Canon scanner, instead. I don't really need >> a good printer - my husband has one in his office, but I would like an >> inexpensive MFP for my office just for an occasional printout but mostly >> for scanning. I have hundreds of old photos I just inherited and would like >> to get them done rather quickly. Anyone purchased one lately for under >> $100? Pam >> The TMG archive is found here: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ >> Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > -- > Patt Ricketts > www.jackandpatt.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 12:36:18 -0500 > From: Kaye Wykoff <ekwykoff@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [TMG] OT - Cheap MFP or scanner? > To: Pam Wood Waugh <waughp@yahoo.com>, TMG List <tmg@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <CAFsE-8tkrqk4DQb2ucEUfsJ3qRLddev1A+XxVgQKW4gq1P6JVg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Pam, I recently bought a Canon MG6620, which is probably the newer model of > the 6320 that another poster mentioned. It was only $60 or $75 on a > promotion and I've seen that it is still being promoted. I've been scanning > a lot of old pictures and it does a great job. I don't like the software, > but I just go straight to the scanner without using their software and it > works fine. I got mine at Office Depot or Staples. > > I also have a Lide 210 that someone else mentioned. It works great also. > I sometimes travel with it as it doesn't need to be plugged in to a power > outlet, is light weight and very portable. It gets power from my laptop > via USB. It's good for car trips where you are visiting homes or libraries > with your laptop but for airplane trips, it is probably a little big. > Until I bought the MG6620, I used the Lide exclusively as my husband had > confiscated my MFP to his office after his printed died. > > My favorite for traveling is the Flip Pal! It does not need a computer. > It scans directly to a SD card and is only a little larger than a iPad > mini. My favorite thing about it is that you can just flip it over and lay > it on photos in an album, newspaper, etc without removing them from the > album or frame or whatever. It has a small 'bed' but if you scan anything > larger than 4 x 6, you just scan it in overlapping sections and then stitch > them together at home. (it comes with software to do this, but I use > photoshop instead) I've done great 16 x 20's this way. You can choose > color or BW and choose 300 or 600 dpi. Yes, it has it's drawbacks, but for > traveling without a computer, it is great. Also handy for sitting in front > of the TV and scanning those 1000's of family snapshots. An add on, is a > little plexiglass sheet that you can lay over the picture & write on with a > grease pencil identifying the people in a group. Scan once with the > overlay and then without. When you get home you know who the people are > and any comments you made about the picture. > > Good luck > Kaye > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Pam Wood Waugh via <tmg@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > >> Has anyone purchased a cheap MFP that scans old photos and docs pretty >> well? Wading through reviews but none mention much about the scanning. I'm >> not sure if I should just get a Canon scanner, instead. I don't really need >> a good printer - my husband has one in his office, but I would like an >> inexpensive MFP for my office just for an occasional printout but mostly >> for scanning. I have hundreds of old photos I just inherited and would like >> to get them done rather quickly. Anyone purchased one lately for under >> $100? Pam >> The TMG archive is found here: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ >> Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 13:40:39 -0400 > From: Karla Huebner <calypsospots@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [TMG] OT - Cheap MFP or scanner? > To: Patt Ricketts <pattskatts@gmail.com>, tmg <tmg@rootsweb.com> > Cc: Pam Wood Waugh <waughp@yahoo.com> > Message-ID: > <CA+FJH4PB-AyNUSr9_xbgDa4koAuyOyw3vY0--eNfG6fKu8MFzQ@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Like Patt, I'm on about my third Canon Lide portable scanner in 20 or so > years. Lightweight, inexpensive, easy to take to relatives' and libraries. > I would recommend one of those (or something similar) rather than focusing > on MFPs. (My brother has my previous one.) > > Karla > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Patt Ricketts via <tmg@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > >> I use a Canon Lide210 scanner. It is a portable model that I can travel >> with. It doesn't have an electric plug it get it power from the computer. I >> think it cost about $30 when I bought it a couple of years ago. >> >> I think this is about the 3rd Lide I've had over the years. I had to >> upgrade once because the old Lide wasn't compatible with a new version of >> windows. The next upgrade was because the one I have now was on sale and my >> husband wanted a scanner. He got the old one and I got the new one. <g> >> >> It's nice when visiting a relative to be able to scan photos they have. >> >> Patt >> >> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Pam Wood Waugh via <tmg@rootsweb.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Has anyone purchased a cheap MFP that scans old photos and docs pretty >>> well? Wading through reviews but none mention much about the scanning. >> I'm >>> not sure if I should just get a Canon scanner, instead. I don't really >> need >>> a good printer - my husband has one in his office, but I would like an >>> inexpensive MFP for my office just for an occasional printout but mostly >>> for scanning. I have hundreds of old photos I just inherited and would >> like >>> to get them done rather quickly. Anyone purchased one lately for under >>> $100? Pam >>> The TMG archive is found here: >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ >>> Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: >>> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Patt Ricketts >> www.jackandpatt.com >> The TMG archive is found here: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ >> Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > Karla Huebner > calypsospots AT gmail.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 19:01:54 +0100 > From: Pedro Garrido <pmvgarrido@sapo.pt> > Subject: Re: [TMG] Individual Detail Report > To: Virginia Blakelock <vblakelock@gmail.com>, tmg@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <347C084F-22D8-4AEE-84E5-E1090485F87E@sapo.pt> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi Virgina, > Can not open the link in your below messge. > Pedro > >> No dia 22/08/2015, ?s 18:49, Virginia Blakelock via <tmg@rootsweb.com> escreveu: >> >> www.whollygenes.com/forums2 <http://www.whollygenes.com/forums2> 01/index.php?showtopic= 14144 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:48:15 -0400 > From: Virginia Blakelock <vblakelock@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [TMG] Individual Detail Report > To: Pedro Garrido <pmvgarrido@sapo.pt> > Cc: tmg@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CAB_GWSE2HOZWNwJY-0T=m6_3=zva1eRwoRmM+3tUDFz3n7YpQw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Pedro - > > Sorry about that. I see that it was truncated. Try this: > > http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index.php?/topic/14144-v8-color-coordinate-fgs-and-vcf/ > > Thanks for calling it to my attention - > > Virginia > >> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Pedro Garrido <pmvgarrido@sapo.pt> wrote: >> Hi Virgina, >> Can not open the link in your below messge. >> Pedro >> >> No dia 22/08/2015, ?s 18:49, Virginia Blakelock via <tmg@rootsweb.com> >> escreveu: >> >> www.whollygenes.com/forums2 01/index.php?showtopic= 14144 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:50:44 -0400 > From: Virginia Blakelock <vblakelock@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [TMG] Individual Detail Report > To: Pedro Garrido <pmvgarrido@sapo.pt> > Cc: tmg@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CAB_GWSHNG-KzN7PQrJWzNKQZ1BacUcBCo9rfz+ddxXiy_Sop0A@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Note you can click on the images to enlarge them to full screen. > > Virginia > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Virginia Blakelock > <vblakelock@gmail.com> wrote: >> Pedro - >> >> Sorry about that. I see that it was truncated. Try this: >> >> http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index.php?/topic/14144-v8-color-coordinate-fgs-and-vcf/ >> >> Thanks for calling it to my attention - >> >> Virginia >> >>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Pedro Garrido <pmvgarrido@sapo.pt> wrote: >>> Hi Virgina, >>> Can not open the link in your below messge. >>> Pedro >>> >>> No dia 22/08/2015, ?s 18:49, Virginia Blakelock via <tmg@rootsweb.com> >>> escreveu: >>> >>> www.whollygenes.com/forums2 01/index.php?showtopic= 14144 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 16:03:30 -0400 > From: Virginia Blakelock <vblakelock@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [TMG] VCF printing > To: Rick Van Dusen <newnethboy@gmail.com>, tmg@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CAB_GWSGje73XLuAcn-0roj67amL8t7MR5nr5L3c+GEZ6+7nDvg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > See instructions in link below for saving a chart to PDF: > > http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index.php?/topic/14684-printing-large-charts-to-pdf/#entry59391 > > Virginia > >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 1:12 PM, Rick Van Dusen via <tmg@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> Like Patt, I've found that VCF will only configure (and remember the >> configuration long enough to print) if I reset the default printer in >> Windows. >> >> I don't have a "roll printer", but have had to generate PDF files >> formatted for a plotter, and this process has worked for me. >> >> (I use CutePDF, which allows me to format pages to a maximum width >> [plotter length] of 200 inches, which the plotter can print >> continuously, and to a length that can be handled by the plotter's width.) >> >> Rick Van Dusen >> >> >> >> >>> On 8/21/2015 5:39 AM, Edward A. Feustel via wrote: >>> Patt, >>> Don't open Page Setup first. Select print first. Select the printer you >>> wish to use. Select Properties. On the paper tab, select the paper tab. >>> On the Paper Options tab and on the Advanced Tab of the Paper Options >>> tab, select what you want. Close everything and run a print as a test. >>> Does this work? >>> Ed >>> >>>> On 8/20/2015 4:35 PM, Patt Ricketts wrote: >>>> Ed, >>>> >>>> In VCF I open page setup. The paper sizes are 8X13, A4, A5, A6, B5, >>>> envolopes, letter, legal, etc. All these are sizes for my HP laser >>>> printer. For some reason VCF is not recognizing my Epson as the >>>> default printer. I even rebooted to see if that worked. >>>> >>>> Patt >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Edward A Feustel <efeustel@hughes.net >>>> <mailto:efeustel@hughes.net>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 8/20/2015 3:53 PM, Patt Ricketts via wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I can't seem to get VCF to accept my roll printer. In the past >>>> I had to >>>> make the printer my default printer and then VCF would accept >>>> the different >>>> printing sizes. But now the page setup just accepts regular >>>> paper. Does >>>> anyone know how to get it to accept the roll paper? >>>> >>>> The chart is 13X38 and I have 13" roll paper. I tried >>>> exporting to jpg to >>>> print that way but when it exports it resizeds to 17.333 X 49.333 >>>> resolution 72. If I scale it down I loose some of the lines. >>>> >>>> Patt >>>> >>>> So you use "setup printer" to select the roll printer and then >>>> after doing this much are not offered paper choices? Is the "roll >>>> printer" a legitimate device? If so, I'd uninstall that device, >>>> download and install the manufacturer's device drivers (not the >>>> Microsoft generic ones) and then try again. >>>> Ed >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Patt Ricketts >>>> www.jackandpatt.com <http://www.jackandpatt.com> >>> >>> The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ >>> Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ >> Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 13:19:51 -0700 > From: "Kathryn Bassett" <kathryn@bassett.net> > Subject: Re: [TMG] OT - Cheap MFP or scanner? > To: "'Pam Wood Waugh'" <waughp@yahoo.com>, <tmg@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAOIeTr63sZ5Ipryv+TZ45YeiyQAAEAAAABvztMQ6LbNNt+tzGimRENQBAAAAAA==@bassett.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Pam, I have two scanners. A little more info than what you want, but something to consider is what I have to say. An EPson DS-560 for the fast scanning of things that can go through a feed-through. That's a stand-alone scanner. Not cheap, but excellent quality, and scans double sided. (review: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2473226,00.asp). > > The other is a MFP that I only use for the scanning of large items, and things too fragile for feed-through. > http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/754435/HP-Officejet-7612-Wide-Format-Wireless is the one I got. > > The first scans I did with it are OriginalScan (left and right) here: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/ga25c3cl57dkbkr/OriginalScanLeft.jpg?dl=0 > https://www.dropbox.com/s/jkupoxi26ouzd4k/OriginalScanRight.jpg?dl=0 > Then I stitched them together using Adobe Fireworks, to get: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/7dar3f1qqff9e85/1958-04-27-ABC-SS-panorama.png?dl=0 > > Then I broke it up into 4 pieces to crop and put on numbers and I have a spreadsheet for the IDs. > https://www.dropbox.com/s/hsxs28pnsxe7iuy/1958-04-27-ABC-SS-panorama-part2.png?dl=0 - number 31 is me, holding my newly acquired first Bible. > > An 11x17 is the largest you can get w/o spending many thousands of dollars. > > If you want "quick" but can't afford both the feed through and the wide format, I'd go for the wide format. Once set up a default folder for all the scans to go to (I have one called TempScans), then I just stand at the scanner and use the menu on the MFP. Scan, open lid, put down another item, touch scan on the menu, repeat. I had a series of about 3 dozen 11x17 pages that I needed to scan, and got them done in a short time. When done, I go back to computer, open folder, and rename from the default img2015-08-23_0001 (0002 etc) to whatever I want, and move them to wherever appropriate. BTW, you can set the default name to prefix the date with something other than img. For instance I did a series of maps and so did map2015-08-23_0001 (0002 etc). > > -- > Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA) > "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap" > kathryn@bassett.net > http://bassett.net > >> -----Original Message----- >> On Behalf Of Pam Wood Waugh via >> Has anyone purchased a cheap MFP that scans old photos and docs pretty >> well? Wading through reviews but none mention much about the scanning. >> I'm not sure if I should just get a Canon scanner, instead. I don't really need a >> good printer - my husband has one in his office, but I would like an >> inexpensive MFP for my office just for an occasional printout but mostly for >> scanning. I have hundreds of old photos I just inherited and would like to get >> them done rather quickly. Anyone purchased one lately for under $100? Pam > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the TMG list administrator, send an email to > TMG-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the TMG mailing list, send an email to TMG@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of TMG Digest, Vol 10, Issue 260 > ************************************