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| 1178799 | 2011-02-16 04:28:00 | I have just received some instructions from the local hospital on how to deal with my latest medical problem. Unfortunately it looks as though the staff have been told to economize by making the ink last for several thousand copies and I have got one of the last. I can just read it - my wife cannot. I seem to remember there was some program you can use to improve badly copied documents. Any suggestions anybody? And yes I know I could just retype it - too darn lazy. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 1178800 | 2011-02-16 05:26:00 | I would ask for another copy. Considering these are medical instructions you don't want to make an error in 'translation' and cause possible harm. | Jen (38) | ||
| 1178801 | 2011-02-16 05:58:00 | Ask them to email it to you. | pctek (84) | ||
| 1178802 | 2011-02-16 06:14:00 | Ask them to email it to you. x2 ditto LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1178803 | 2011-02-16 19:58:00 | Scanning it and playing with the contrast might help, but as with all forms of data - poor data from the source (the image on the paper) will always mean limited quality results. | Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1178804 | 2011-02-16 20:02:00 | THis is a common problem when advice sheets are copied and handed out whenever needed. What happens is the good quality original often gets handed to the patient, and the lower quality copy is held until the next time a copy is needed. THen next time, if the now degraded copy of the original document is handed to the patient, the clinic is once again left with a further degraded copy... and on it goes, getting more and more illegible. | Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1178805 | 2011-02-16 20:09:00 | Ring them up, offer to post it back (and highlight unreadable sections), and that they post you readable instructions. Not sure if they would email. I recently asked a doctor (not local) for my doctor records to be emailed, but they would not email, and gave me a form to apply for records. Or to try my local doctor. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1178806 | 2011-02-17 04:07:00 | Some good sensible advice given. Needless to say I was hoping to "play" with some program. I will take the advice given particularly with emails. Thanks Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 1178807 | 2011-02-17 04:50:00 | Well, if you want to play with a program, download Irfanview if you don't already have it, open it, open any image you have handy, go to View>Full screen Options>Choose screen colour and select white (default is black, which tends to print black borders etc). Close the image. Scan your document then 'save-as' a couple of spare copies in case you cock it up, open one in Irfanview, go to Image>Colour Corrections and adjust contrast and gamma to give you the best readability. If that is not good enough, try Image>Negative or Image>Greyscale. Using these options I have rendered old and very faded faxes readable for re-archiving, and if your copy was clear enough for them to let you out the door with it in hand, it may respond. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1178808 | 2011-02-17 08:09:00 | Put the blame where it should lay, with the originator, ask them if their instructions are correct, and you should take 20g of Arsenic per day for warts? You will get very CLEAR instructions after that! |
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