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Bulk Document Scanner

An overview of digitization equipment in the Freedman Center with step-by-step instructions.

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Before Loading

  1. Remove all staples or paperclips.
  2. Smooth out an folded corners.
  3. Tape any large tears or holes to prevent further tearing.
  4. If your papers will not stay flat (turned, ripped or ragged corners),flip the papers around 180°. The software may automatically sort them if numbered, otherwise you may move the pages around digitally in the correct order.

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Load a maximum 40 pages facedown into the Bulk Document material slot. A metal tension tab will press against the paper inside of the scanning lid.

Scanning Single-Sided Material

1. Under "File," locate "PDF from Scanner" within the "Create" dropdown as shown below.

2. The home screen will advance to the "Scan & OCR" page. This section is dedicated to selecting the scanner and scanning settings.

3. Select the "Plustek PS286 Plus- TWAIN" scanner from the drop-down menu. The scanner is not named the Bulk Document scanner.

 

4. Choose your scanning settings. The Default settings will scan as follows:

5. If Default Settings works for you, please skip this step to # 6. If you wish to change the default settings, please switch to the predefined "Autodetect Color" settings. You may adjust these settings to your needs, and those scanning settings are as follows. 

From top to bottom of this section, change the information:

Pages: Only front side scanning is available through Adobe Acrobat. Continue to ___ for double-sided scanning. Toggle the right option—"Prompt to scan more pages"—if you have more than 40 pages to scan. 

Color Mode: Change between Black and White, Grayscale and Color if autodetect isn't what you are looking for.

Resolution: Quality of scan that correlates to the amount of scanning time.

***The lower the resolution, the faster the scanning but the lower the quality. The higher the resolution, the slower the scanning but higher the quality. 300 DPI is a great middle ground.

Paper Size: Change to a specific size, or allow for the scanner to autodetect the size.

 

Quality: Toggle to Optimize the Image's quality.

Output: Have the scan either 1) Create New PDF, 2) Append to File (meaning: add to an existing PDF file) and 3) Save Multiple Files.

6. Load your paper if you haven't already.

***Remove all staples, paperclips or other paper-connecting-implements. Our scanners will thank you.

7. Click "Scan" when complete. The scans will NOT deposit in your file folder automatically upon scan completion. Users must move the scanned documents to their network ID file folder and remove them from the computer station before the weekly wipe.