Thursday, December 20, 2012

How To Scan Documents Properly

By Brandi Little


All over the world people have begun to take a lot of steps to help in conserving the environment. Offices and companies have also begun to play their part by eliminating the excess use of papers. More importantly a global movement based on making offices a paper free environment has started gaining popularity. Considering the use of scanning systems and machines most offices also want their employee to learn how to scan.

Investing in such a training session is considered to actually be the best way to help individual employees practice and follow a paper free environment trend. It helps make sure that all individuals working in the office know how to create a single hard copy document, and then obtain scans to circulate it effectively.

This way of conducting business helps in a reduced amount of paper being used, as it eliminates the need to take multiple prints and copies of a single document. When applying this method of distribution and communication within the corporate world it is important to make sure that scans obtained are of a good quality. This can be done simply by making sure of a few key points and steps.

The first thing to keep an eye on is the page that requires scanning. If the page has color elements on it, then setting on the main machine should be changed in a way that the color tones do not differ from the original in any way. Settings of the machine itself will also need to only be altered when dealing with pages that are dull photocopies of originals. These pages are usually run down and require finer settings to ensure they are readable.

Pages that only contain material printed on them in black ink need minimal settings and are the easiest to get good scanned images. When using a scanner it is necessary to bear certain things in mind. The size of the paper needs special focus as it will greatly determine the quality of the resulting image.

In the event that the page which requires scanning is actually a little bit smaller than the complete scanner screen then the image will have a thick black border. This happens because of the empty space that remains at the edges which will always come out black. This problem can be easily taken care of by placing a blank sheet of paper over the document which covers the edges.

The condition of the document should also be thoroughly inspected and any turned edges or creases within the page should be smoothed over. This is especially important for crumpled or folded pages as the groves in such papers can cause bad or blurry results.

Different machines have some software that allows a user to make certain small or large scale adjustments to the images. These can also help in clearing blurs or broken pixels.

This is a great way to isolate certain parts of confidential documents and only obtain image scans of the necessary area of the page. It is easy to find self help videos teaching how to scan on the internet which contain some good tips to get the best result.




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