Can it scan books if I remove the spine? Will this scanner digitize the books and save them as pdf?
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I don't think you will have any problem as long as you cut the pages so that glue and debris does not contaminate the scanner.
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Intent was to scan to a removable. Not sure if you could do without. Sorry cannot be more helpful
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Not that I know of. I figured out the double sided part which was great, I had a book that I needed to pdf scan. Scanning 1 doc, then saving 50 separate pdfs, boy, that would take a while... wish I had an answer.
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It's entirely manual. You open the book and place it on the glass. The advantage of this scanner, for book scanning, is that the glass is very close to the front edge. This allows you to scan more of a page (usually the whole page) almost all the way up to the binding at the front edge of the scanner.
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Sorry for the delay. I had to get to my office and test your question. It does have a PDF button that allows you to scan multiple pages and then click "finish" which converts all the pages into a PDF file and saves it into a folder that you have preset in the settings.
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It seems, from my use of the scanner, that this'd work just fine, though you'd have to attend the scan or else check the file to ensure that all pages were inclued (the scanner occasionally grabs more than one page at once). Not to state the obvious, but try it first with a book you can replace easily :-) Also, note the advice from the poster before me (don't get binding glue/debris in the scanner).
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The question as it stands doesn't make any sense. What do you mean 'scan to PDF'? Do you mean how do you save a file in PDF format?
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If you put an SD card in the scanner (slot in front), that would enable you to scan documents without a computer (but you won't be able to view/edit the images/scans without a computer, of course).
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Yes, of course. It scans anything in pdf format which you can then convert to a jpeg in the Scansnap program.
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No, it will not. It scans only one page at a time and will allow you to save each page on the scanning device, flash drive, or media card.
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I agree with Julianna. The person who says you can scan directly to your computer must be a computer whiz. SD card bought separately is required for me. I bought a mini SD card with adaptor. I guess it would depend on how fragile the book is and if it is larger than 8.5X11.5. If it is larger, you would have to scan it in sections and piece it together.
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Scanning documents is easy. The thing eats batteries and is a pain if there are staples in the documents or if you are trying to scan a book. The file sizes are BIG even if you choose small ones. I've had to get apps to shrink them if I am going to save them, even as .pdfs. Over all, I love the scanner because it saves me a huge amount of time.
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I have used it for documents and pictures. It is very high quality and I have been very happy with it. I'm not sure about books as I have scanned things flat without the middle being bent.
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You'll need to pull them into some kind of software. I've only used it to scan pictures. Then I load the images (jpgs) onto my computer and open them in Photoshop for editing. If you're scanning documents as pdfs you'll need pdf software, like Adobe Reader, to open and print them. I've never used it to scan as pdf, though.
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Dear Julie:The answer to your question is Yes. Here is how it works, when you install the scanner software on your computer, you would then set up the scanner's settings by specifying your preferences on how the scanner should scan its input paper pages and in what format it should save its scanned images (e.g.; PDF or JPEG or GIF, etc). You could also set up different profiles; one profile for scanning color images and another for scanning text based documents. Basically the scanning software that comes with Fujitsu scanners provide a lot of flexibility on how to scan input papers and how to save the result. I hope the above helped answer your question.RegardsMichael Director, Shabmeh Store Dear Julie:The answer to your question is Yes. Here is how it works, when you install the scanner software on your computer, you would then set up the scanner's settings by specifying your preferences on how the scanner should scan its input paper pages and in what format it should save its scanned images (e.g.; PDF or JPEG or GIF, etc). You could also set up different profiles; one profile for scanning color images and another for scanning text based documents. Basically the scanning software that comes with Fujitsu scanners provide a lot of flexibility on how to scan input... » Read More Dear Julie:The answer to your question is Yes. Here is how it works, when you install the scanner software on your computer, you would then set up the scanner's settings by specifying your preferences on how the scanner should scan its input paper pages and in what format it should save its scanned images (e.g.; PDF or JPEG or GIF, etc). You could also set up different profiles; one profile for scanning color images and another for scanning text based documents. Basically the scanning software that comes with Fujitsu scanners provide a lot of flexibility on how to scan input papers and how to save the result. I hope the above helped answer your question.RegardsMichael Director, Shabmeh Store « Show Less
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Yes, it can scan to a USB storage device. It produces a folder titled "Brother" on the device and creates PDFs. PDFs are searchable depending on which version of Acrobat or other software you have.
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Yes. Once scanned, the PDF or image can be stored to a file, sent via email, to an FTP server or to a network drive.