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Hugh_Lebowski

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7. So you want to be able to put, say, 4 separate pics on the glass, and the scanner just recognizes

Reply to OnDoutside (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 12, 2021, 03:16 AM

Mar 2021

that it's really 4 separate pics, and magically turns it into 4 separate files for you, instead of 1 large file with 4 photos in it?

That would be a cool feature, didn't know there were scanners that did that.

I still don't understand what pressing the scan button 4 times does to work around the lack of that feature, don't you just get four of the exact same large files w/all 4 photos in them? How does that 'help'?

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One piece of advice when choosing a printer scanner is to make sure OnDoutside Mar 2021 #1

Take multiple photos? A scanner doesn't take photos, it scans photos you already took Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #4

Lol, no. Unless you have have very large size photos, you can OnDoutside Mar 2021 #6

So you want to be able to put, say, 4 separate pics on the glass, and the scanner just recognizes Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #7

Yes, I used to have that feature on a previous printer/scanner a decade ago...I think it was a Canon OnDoutside Mar 2021 #8

I believe all scanners scan in color. Susan Calvin Mar 2021 #2

Laser printer for B&W and separate printer IbogaProject Mar 2021 #3

I don't think I've ever seen a B&W scanner ... other than like a fax machine. Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #5