Janet is absolutely right! I user Kofax VRS (both hardware and software) on
most of my imaging systems for all departments. You CAN make those
documents lighter and remove discoloration with some of the advanced
hardware settings of the software.
Keith Harris
Records Manager
Houston Community College System
713-718-5155
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From: "Evans, Janet Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: "Unscanable" Documents
> What kind of scanning software are you using?
>
> Some software like Kofax Virtual Rescan allows you to improve the image
> quality and it removes the background noise (like paper discoloration).
>
> Regards,
>
> Janet Lee Evans
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> Behalf Of Williams, Lucinda
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 3:47 PM
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> Subject: "Unscanable" Documents
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> Hello,
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> We're in the process of scanning ordinances dating back to 1917 into our
> document imaging system. We've gotten as far back as the 1920's but due
> to the browning of the paper used way back then, our scanned images are
> too faint to read. The "trying to make a darker reproduction on the
> copy machine" trick hasn't worked either. Does anyone have a suggestion
> how we can get this document into electronic format? We could just
> retype the document for scanning purposes, but, since Ordinances are
> legal papers, we wondered how we would certify that the re-typed
> document was an official copy (if we can do that at all.)
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> Thanks in advance for all your suggestions!
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> ~L
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