scan to print software

stamp92 · 14-11-2004, 15:29

Message to everyone

Do you know of any software which enables you to use your scanner and printer like a photocopier? If nobody has already suggested then please leave details.

I've tried a few but they either dont work with my scanner or printer or they dont give me the options I want. I need to be able to crop and then enlarge things.

Thanks William.

Aragorn · 14-11-2004, 15:38

Quite a few scanners, my HP 5300C included, have a print button which fires up a 'photocopier' style interface to directly print from scan.

Alternatively scan to PDF (I'm assuming that like HP software most others will allow this!) and print from that Acrobat reader?

HTH

homealone · 14-11-2004, 15:50

Hi William

I'm not absolutely sure what you are after, it sounds like a desktop publishing program is what you want - something like Page Plus, by Serif.

http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/products.asp

Otherwise you could look at printer drivers that offer more control over output, like fineprint

http://www.pdffactory.com/products/fineprint/

hth

paulyoung666 · 14-11-2004, 16:03

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Originally Posted by stamp92

Message to everyone

Do you know of any software which enables you to use your scanner and printer like a photocopier? If nobody has already suggested then please leave details.

I've tried a few but they either dont work with my scanner or printer or they dont give me the options I want. I need to be able to crop and then enlarge things.

Thanks William.

which scanner is it ????????

stamp92 · 14-11-2004, 16:15

[quote=homealone]Hi William

I'm not absolutely sure what you are after[quote]

i dont have a photocopier. i have however a scanner and a printer and a computer. im looking for software which at the click of a button i can scan something and it gets automatically sent to the printer for printing. id also like the option to see what is scanned and crop ( select just a part) the image and then enlarge it so it fills a full size a4 sheets.

obviously u can get software which you can scan something in and then you can print it out but such software usually comes with ocr programs and i dont want to use ocr i just want 2 use my pc like a photocopier.

paulyoung666 · 14-11-2004, 16:19

[quote=stamp92][quote=homealone]Hi William

I'm not absolutely sure what you are after

Quote:

i dont have a photocopier. i have however a scanner and a printer and a computer. im looking for software which at the click of a button i can scan something and it gets automatically sent to the printer for printing. id also like the option to see what is scanned and crop ( select just a part) the image and then enlarge it so it fills a full size a4 sheets.

obviously u can get software which you can scan something in and then you can print it out but such software usually comes with ocr programs and i dont want to use ocr i just want 2 use my pc like a photocopier.

again which scanner is it , the canon one i have lets you do exactly just that , was there nothing in the scanner software you were supplied with

ian@huth · 14-11-2004, 16:23

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

again which scanner is it , the canon one i have lets you do exactly just that , was there nothing in the scanner software you were supplied with

Every scanner that I have bought or sold has come with software that enables you to do what the OP wants, Ulead iphoto express being a common one.