[OPLINTECH] Scanner setup question

[Bill Hardison]

When we set up our libraries for a LSTA digitization project we used GIMP.
GIMP is a GNU licensed (freeware) program that is VERY similar to PhotoShop
and is infinitely cheaper (free).  We used the TWAIN driver for the scanner
and just did our scanning inside GIMP (BTW GIMP stands for Gnu Image
Manipulation Program)  Click File/Create/Scanner/Camera... and then choose
your scanner.  GIMP works like a champ on XP as well as Win7.

http://www.gimp.org/

Bill

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On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Becky Schultz <bschultz at yourppl.org>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We are planning to put scanners at our locations for use by the public.
> What we have are standard HP USB scanners.  Does anybody have any tips
> on how to best set this up, or software we might use?  Our staff
> computers are Windows XP, and public computers are XP or 7.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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> Becky Schultz
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