This seems kind of strange to me. I scan to tiff files all the time with vuescan and have them converted with Abbyy Finereader Express and they are fine. I scan mail and whole books. But I don't know what you would do to get better results.
-- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Nov 26, 2013, at 4:33 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Anne and all. > > Thank you for your settings. I have got vuescan setup correct. Tried to make > a tif file and recognize with finereader 11, but I will have to admit that > the quality is better if I use finereader 11 both for scanning and > recognizing. Now I am wondering why? Could there be other settings that could > help, or should I give up, and install windows in bootcamp on my mothers > computer. > > Cheers Annie. > Den 24 Nov 2013 kl. 09:21 skrev Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk>: > >> Hello Annie, >> >> Here is my set up guide for VueScan to work with ABBYY FineReader. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> Configuring VueScan >> >> 1) Open VueScan and read carefully the initial message which informs you as >> to whether your scanner has been recognised. If it has, carry on, otherwise >> follow VueScan's instructions. >> >> 2) Click on "Close" in the bottom right-hand corner, to get away from the >> Startup tips. >> >> 3) Using the Item Chooser menu (VO-I), press L. If you find Less, press >> VO-space bar twice. This minimises the options visible. Otherwise, press Esc >> to close the Item Chooser again. >> >> 4) Beginning at the top left, select "Input" and keep navigating to the >> right. >> 4.1) Navigate to Task and select "Scan to file" in the popup menu. >> 4.2) Source = your scanner. >> 4.3) Media = "Text". >> 4.4) Multi page should normally be checked. >> 4.5) Preview resolution = 300 dpi. >> 4.6) Scan resolution = 300 dpi. >> >> Leave other options at their default values. >> >> 5) Return to the top left and select tab 5, Output. >> 5.1) Continue navigating right to "Default folder": enter the name of the >> folder where you want the TIFF file to be saved. For example: >> "/Users/fred/Documents/Scans". (Don't forget to create this folder before >> doing any scanning!) >> The @ button opens a File Browser if you want to navigate rather than type >> in the folder name. >> 5.2) Navigate right as far as TIFF file, and check it. >> 5.3) TIFF file name: enter the name of the file that will receive the TIFF >> image. For example: "Letter Image+" (the + tells VueScan to replace the + >> with a number and increment it for each new scan). >> 5.4) TIFF multipage: check if you wish to scan more than one page into a >> document. >> 5.5) Navigate right as far as JPG file, and uncheck it. >> Leave other options at their default values. >> >> 6) Return to the top left and select tab 6, Preferences. >> 6.1) Language = "Default". (N.B. This sets the interface language.) >> 6.2) Navigate right as far as Viewer, and use the popup menu to choose >> "ABBYY FineReader" (if it isn't available, leave this set to Default). >> 6.3) Move on to External editor and uncheck it. >> >> Congratulations! You have now configured VueScan. Quit VueScan so that your >> changes are saved. >> >> Scan one page to create a TIFF file then use Command-i on that file to set >> it to always open with ABBYY FineReader. >> >> Once VueScan has been configured, the only changes you are likely to want to >> make are between single- and multi-page scanning, and the filename to which >> the scans are sent. >> >> Abbyy FineREader will open automatically and there is no configuring to be >> done with that. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
