Scanner recommendations?

[ericboo]

I am looking for a scanner to archive a few years of paperwork, such as tax returns and similar documentation that we do not have stored on my file server.

We are going to be putting everything into .pdf format and definitely need a a document feeder. OCR would only be needed for very rare occassions.

I would like to not spend $800 of possible.

Any suggestions?

 

[shortylickens]

I saw a Xerox up at Staples that had a nice Auto-Document-Feeder. It was only 300 bones.

We had an excellent scanner thread here a while back. Lots of good advice concerning OCR and ADF. I recommend you do a search for it.

My final decision was to wait. I wanted to archive my role-playing books and maybe even reorganize the contents to make sense. (For personal use only of course.)
Altogether I'm looking at 10,000 pages and I'm not yet ready to start chopping up books.

Incidentally, if you dont use OCR then your documents will be saved as images and that makes them HUGE by comparison. If you really want to archive several years of work I'd advise you to get a terabyte server to hold it all.

 

[Zepper]

If all your docs are loose sheets, the Fujitsu bin-type scanners are pretty fast and one of the better models in the line can be had for < $500.

.bh.

 

[pkme2]

I use a HP 6300C scanner with ADF

Omnipage 15

Here you are, all the info to get started. You can lookup whatever components you need elsewhere but this works. I have the HP 6300C w/ADF and it works. Happy PDFs.
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[corkyg]

I've had several flatbed scanners, and the best to date is an Epson Perfection Photo scanner. Beyond that, in reading your objective, suggest standard Acrobat 7.0. It will then allow your scanner (any scanner) to scan directly into a PDF file. That's very useful. It will also let you save web pages as PDF files.

 

[Zepper]

All the scanners I know of with ADF that claim any kind of scan rate for fast scanning like the Fujitsu come with software that directly saves the scan to PDF. You shouldn't have to buy any separate software unless the supplied SW doesn't meet your needs.

.bh.

 

[stimpyman77]

Ericboo,

I have heard great things about this. See if that meets your needs. Very positive reviews I might add.

Stimpyman

 

[bruceb]

I agrees about Acrobat 7 being a good way to scan into a .pdf file .. I use Acrobat 6 Pro and it works nice.
Only thing I can't figure out yet, is how manually edit a .pdf that I created