[OPLINTECH] Scanners for public use

[Chad Neeper (list)]

One of the libraries I work with has a color copier/printer available 
for public use. The device also has a scan to network folder option 
available. I have not yet implement it, but it's on my short list of 
things to play with within the next month or two. In general, the idea 
would be to scan a document, OCR/edit as necessary at one of the public 
lab workstations, and then save to USB/floppy, e-mail, print, etc. when 
done. Those of you that have a networked copier might have a similar 
option available to you and might be worth considering.

As for scanning to PDF, you can easily install a print driver that 
simply converts any printed document to a pdf file. I use PDFCreator 
(http://www.pdfforge.org), which is free open source software and works 
very well. Of course, this is if your scanner doesn't provide that 
function directly.

Sending to e-mail directly from the scanner might be a little tricky, 
but do-able. Worse case, the user could save the document to a temp area 
and then use their favorite web mail (Yahoo, GMail, whatever).

Chad

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Eric Maynard wrote:
> I was just curious if any libraries are currently providing or considering providing scanning capabilities to the public?  I am especially interested in knowing how you might have dealt with the scan to PDF/email that some units are capable of.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Eric Maynard
> Head of Information Technology,
> Holmes County District Public Library
> Millersburg, OH  44654
>
> Email [emaynard at holmeslib.org]
> Phone [330.674.5972 x.224]
> Fax   [330.674.1938] 
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Chad Neeper
Senior Systems Engineer

Level 9 Networks
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866-214-6607 (fax)

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