How do you imagine scanning a document without opening a program on the computer? Where should the document appear?
(Incidentally, the Microsoft EZ PDF Document Scanner app is very efficient and idiot-proof. No need to dig around for the printer.)
When I first got the thing, I could initiate the scan from the printer.
I’ve used printer/scanners where that’s defined in the PC software. So pressing that button on the printer/scanner, for example, scans the document in color, scanning only one side and puts the file in a pre-determined folder.
And you don’t check to see that the scan turned out OK?
What makes you think that I would not?
So if you’re already sitting down in front of your computer, what difference does it make if you activated the scan from there or from the printer?
Really, I’m not trying to start an argument - I just don’t see why being able to initiate a scan from the scanner is that important a feature.
Meanwhile, I wasn’t trying to continue your argument; I was merely replying to your question, “How do you imagine scanning a document without opening a program on the computer? Where should the document appear?”
BTW, we have networked Kyocera printers in the office that will automatically send a scan to my email inbox if I select my name from the menu, or a designated network folder if I select a different option from the menu.
When I check a scan, I can check via a number of very easy programs: Adobe, or something. If I could do something by pressing the large button labelled “SCAN” on my printer, that would be great.
Unfortunately, it’s only via the software put out by Brother, and I can’t even figure out what I need, as their scan section doesn’t seem to support the model of printer I have. So that portion of the printer is more or less completely non-functional.
I’ve never seen this thing in the wild, only in places where plastic gizmos are sold. Anyway, it’s a new, better way to apply toothpaste to your toothbrush. You take your brush off the built-in bracket and push a lever which lays a perfect line of paste. I believe that every time someone uses this thing, they are either contaminating the dispenser or the brush. I can’t remember the rationale for this thing, but I think it was sanitation related.
Because it’s easier to just push the “scan” button on my scanner/printer/copier (which will open the program) than trying to remember which of the programs that starts out “HP” I need - It’s not called “HP Scan” . That would be too easy.
For the record, this program has worked with every scanner I’ve owned. I keep it pinned to my Start menu, so no problem finding it either.
Thank you! I’ll try this.
Yes. But if I’m scanning several documents, or a multi-page document, I wouldn’t ordinarily sit down at the computer inbetween each page; I’d probably check the first, and then presuming it was OK check all the others after I’d put them all through the scanner. Except that since the scanner will no longer initiate the scans, I have to stand up to change documents in the scanner, and then sit down to start the scan, for each one.
Thank you again. This worked beautifully. I spent about 20 minutes faffing around with the Brother site and checking my computer to see where it had put my software, to no avail.
I spent much less time downloading, installing, and using this! Brilliant.
My pleasure!
And freaking pudding and yogurt cups. When I worked with preschool and kindergarteners I don’t know how many 3 and 4 year olds I had to help wash their hands after they tried to get the dregs with their fingers.
Isn’t this more of a design problem with the three- and four-year-olds?
As I was reading this I was recalling when I was ~10yo and individual serving pudding first came out in peel-off top aluminum cans. I was expecting you to tell us how often you had to bandage little fingers after the kids sliced themselves open on the sharp can edges trying to scoop out the last of the pudding with fingers. I can recall some horrific tongue injuries to myself & my playmates. Finger injuries too.
Modern plastic tubs with peel-off foil lids are definitely a safer product design. Might be just as stupid, but definitely not as dangerous.
Speaking of foil, another one I was reminded of the other day: My roll of aluminum foil has a couple of little tabs on the end of the box that you can push in, to keep the roll in the box. Except, the tabs push in in the wrong direction. They don’t do a thing to keep the roll in the box, but if the roll does come out, they very efficiently prevent it from going back in.