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Thread ID: 117018	2011-03-30 04:10:00	Printer / Scanner	pine-o-cleen (2955)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1190473	2011-03-30 08:12:00	would you consider a BW laser/scanner? Sure. But I'm guessing we'd have to spend quite a bit for one though?	pine-o-cleen (2955)
1190474	2011-03-30 08:13:00	How much printing is she doing? Not much, maybe a few pages a week. But if we had a printer available I'm guessing that would increase. I love rasterizing things :D	pine-o-cleen (2955)
1190475	2011-03-30 08:17:00	... Unless you have some kind of OCR, many scanned text documents at high enough resolution for legibility are too large for e-mailing. I've never seen an OCR program work properly. So I'd need something to change it to say a PDF?	pine-o-cleen (2955)
1190476	2011-03-30 08:21:00	Ughhh.. Don't PDF it.. just put it in a RAR archive or something if it's too big. And you don't need to scan something at 1000 DPI to get legibility, though if you do, your scanner or software is probably stupid.	Agent_24 (57)
1190477	2011-03-30 08:23:00	Ughhh.. Don't PDF it.. just put it in a RAR archive or something if it's too big. And you don't need to scan something at 1000 DPI to get legibility, though if you do, your scanner or software is probably stupid. It's for her to email her timesheets and send them to her employer. She has to sign the bottom of them, so she can't just fill out an electronic copy. They actually wanted her to fax them. Yes, that's how much in the dark ages they are.	pine-o-cleen (2955)
1190478	2011-03-30 08:25:00	So what I meant to say in that last post was, raring a file and emailing it would probably end up with an email back saying "What is this? We need your time sheet." And they were very clear that if they don't receive a timesheet, then the pay doesn't go through. So it has to be very simple for the person that's receiving the email, to make sure her pay goes through.	pine-o-cleen (2955)
1190479	2011-03-30 08:26:00	Then they'd probably be just as confused if you sent a PDF . . . They probably expect you to paste the image into a word document or something :stare:	Agent_24 (57)
1190480	2011-03-30 08:27:00	Theres a version of NitroPDF that scans and converts to PDF. But its not free	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1190481	2011-03-30 08:43:00	Then they'd probably be just as confused if you sent a PDF . . . They probably expect you to paste the image into a word document or something :stare: Yeah probably . We don't have a phone line, so getting a fax isn't really an option . I'm not paying smellycom $47 / month (or whatever it is) so we can send 1 fax a week . I also researched email to fax services, but we would still need a scanner at least, and since this job is a contract (ie she would be self employed) I figure we may as well get a printer / scanner since we can claim the tax back .	pine-o-cleen (2955)
1190482	2011-03-30 09:36:00	Any scanners should do what you need .... Scan at 300 dpi and PDF it. Many scanners have PDF ability for free incorporated into the manufacturer's software. You could just use any formats you like really and fax it with your computer to their fax number. Businesses still use fax you know :D PS. Ok, cancel the fax then, no line. It's work related so you could just use the employer's facilities to fax it. That's by experience.	Nomad (952)
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