![]() The problem here is I am actually trying to do something with equipment that isn't designed for this purpose !Īdd to this the poor quality of microfiche film and strictly speaking one shouldn't even bother attempting it (but I don't like being beaten LOL). ![]() I think all you can do is explore what each program has to offer and then decide which route will be most efficient. Once a text/searchable pdf file has been created, the original image is more or less redundant. On the other hand, if Vuescan can produce an image that's good enough for its own OCR purposes (even if to most of our eyes the Epson one is better), that might turn out to be an easier way to go. And my preferred PDF viewer (PDF-XChange Editor) can do it as well. I think there's also a way to enable it in Word, but I can't remember if it just involved changing some of the options, or a plug-in from MS. It might also be worth looking at other OCR options in case they're more efficient - my computer came with MS OneNote (never used it!), which apparently has this capability. A searchable pdf depends on there being some kind of text file rather than just images, but I don't know whether it's possible to go directly from image to OCR to pdf, or whether you need to create a Word or similar document from the OCR, and use that to produce the pdf. And to save having to run processes multiple times, you'd need to combine everything into one file at the earliest opportunity.Īs for searchable pdf files, I don't know a lot about the process, but if there's an OCR capability, then I guess you're at least part way there. ![]() I think the Canon software would allow me to queue up multiple files like this, though I haven't tried a project like yours. I suspect it would be more efficient to get all the scanning done as phase one, then start on any OCR/other processing. My Canon software allows me to select multiple crop areas in a scan, but the alternative would be to define a crop box of a certain size and drag it from one frame to another, making repeated scans a lot quicker than doing it from scratch each time. I presume you'll need to crop each frame individually, and to avoid having enormous files to deal with, you'll need to do that at the scanning stage. It's looking very much like (once I have made a film holder) I have a very large project looming !Ĭlick to expand.I think a lot depends on what your software (or Vuescan) is capable of. To further throw out what the internet has to say, the bundled Epson software will also scan to OCR and pdf (not ascertained yet if it would be searchable like Vuescan). Unfortunately, the internet was adament that Vuescan was better and far more versatile so I'm thinking that perhaps they are wrong and I could have saved myself $69.95 In my opinion the Epson software actually gives better results but both are a little blurred towards the bottom but this could be the quality of the actual fiche. Using Vuescan software and tweaked in Photoshop = "Vuescan 1" Using the enclosed Epson software and tweaked in Photoshop = "Epson 1" The results are quite surprising bearing in mind that (so far) there is no film holder which would (a) hold the film above the flatbed glass to give the correct focus and (b) hold everything in the correct place. The new scanner (Epson V550) has now arrived and I have been allowed to open the box before my birthday
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