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The Fujitsu Scansnap iX500 deserves its reputation

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:00:14 +0000

I don’t buy a lot of hardware anymore, but we purchased a Fujitsu Scansnap ix500 document scanner this month. It has a fantastic reputation, and it only took an hour to live up to it for me. The good: Setup is

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Vuescan: A review from a non-photographer’s perspective

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:00:24 +0000

Vuescan is a third-party scanning tool for most versions of Windows, OS X, and Linux. It supports hundreds of scanners, including those abandoned by manufacturers. It’s probably better than what came with your scanner. The pro edition probably costs as

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Quick and dirty OCR, included with Office 2003 and 2007

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:03:43 +0000

At work we have a document scanner that outputs files to PDF and e-mails it to us, but the PDFs are really just full-page images mashed together as a PDF because the scanner doesn’t have OCR capability. Here’s how to

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First impressions of a low-tier tablet, plus why I don’t shop at Best Buy

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:12:55 +0000

I received my Nook Color this week. I haven’t hacked it yet–I only just got an SDHC card for that, which is a story in itself–but to my pleasant surprise, I’m not certain everyone would need to. Yes, it’s marketed

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The HP 4101mfp multifunction device

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:12:28 +0000

I set up an HP 4101mfp printer-scanner-fax machine today. My first impressions weren't good, but once we actually had it working, it worked as advertised.

I'm not about to buy one for home, but if I need a multifunction device in the office (or a client does), I won't feel too bad about recommending this one.

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Linkfest.

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 19 Jul 2001 12:49:52 +0000

I felt downright awful yesterday, but it's my own fault. I remember now why I don't take vitamins with breakfast. Very bad things happen.

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