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Patricia anne

Hi, I have a printer/scanner all in one dx4000. When I scan a letter or
document into the scanner, when I go to read it it is all in some sort of
code, and of course I cannot copy/paste when needed. pLEASE COULD SOMEONE
PLEASE HELP.
tHANK YOU SO MUCH
pat
 
Have you tried Epson technical support?

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/SupportIndex.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&expansion=0100000

They are the ones who will most likely know the answer to your question.

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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007


"Patricia anne" <Patriciaanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I have a printer/scanner all in one dx4000. When I scan a letter or
> document into the scanner, when I go to read it it is all in some sort of
> code, and of course I cannot copy/paste when needed. pLEASE COULD SOMEONE
> PLEASE HELP.
> tHANK YOU SO MUCH
> pat
 
Thanks Ron, I had not really thought of that.
regards Pat

"Ron Badour" wrote:

> Have you tried Epson technical support?
>
> http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/SupportIndex.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&expansion=0100000
>
> They are the ones who will most likely know the answer to your question.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Ron Badour
> MS MVP 1997 - 2007
>
>
> "Patricia anne" <Patriciaanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:51215339-744C-4CB6-92FD-976F72C4C2D3@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, I have a printer/scanner all in one dx4000. When I scan a letter or
> > document into the scanner, when I go to read it it is all in some sort of
> > code, and of course I cannot copy/paste when needed. pLEASE COULD SOMEONE
> > PLEASE HELP.
> > tHANK YOU SO MUCH
> > pat
>
>
>
 
On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:50:03 -0700, Patricia anne
<Patriciaanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi, I have a printer/scanner all in one dx4000. When I scan a letter or
> document into the scanner, when I go to read it it is all in some sort of
> code, and of course I cannot copy/paste when needed.


A scanner is a device that essentially takes a picture of what it
scans. You may be scanning a piece of paper that you recognize as a
letter of document, but the scanner doesn't know that. So the result
is not text itself, but a picture of the text.

You are presumably trying to read that picture of text in your word
processing program. But the word processing program can only process
words, not pictures of words. The result is that you see what you are
calling "code." It's of course not any kind of code at all, but just
the result of looking at a picture with the wrong program.

There exists software which can take such a picture of text, look at
it, recognize letters and words within, and create an output document
with words instead of pictures in it, which can then be processed by
your word processing program. Such software is called Optical
Character Recognition (OCR, for short) software, and that is what you
need to do what you want.

There are several different OCR programs on the market; the one that I
use is called "OmniPage," but there are other good choices available.
Many scanners come with starter versions of such software, but if
yours doesn't, you will need to buy one.

Recognize that no OCR product is perfect. Depending on what font the
original is in, how clean it is, etc., they all make mistakes, so it's
necessary to proofread the results carefully to correct any errors in
"OCRing."

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Thanks Ken, your answer makes good sense .
regards Pat

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:50:03 -0700, Patricia anne
> <Patriciaanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, I have a printer/scanner all in one dx4000. When I scan a letter or
> > document into the scanner, when I go to read it it is all in some sort of
> > code, and of course I cannot copy/paste when needed.
>
>
> A scanner is a device that essentially takes a picture of what it
> scans. You may be scanning a piece of paper that you recognize as a
> letter of document, but the scanner doesn't know that. So the result
> is not text itself, but a picture of the text.
>
> You are presumably trying to read that picture of text in your word
> processing program. But the word processing program can only process
> words, not pictures of words. The result is that you see what you are
> calling "code." It's of course not any kind of code at all, but just
> the result of looking at a picture with the wrong program.
>
> There exists software which can take such a picture of text, look at
> it, recognize letters and words within, and create an output document
> with words instead of pictures in it, which can then be processed by
> your word processing program. Such software is called Optical
> Character Recognition (OCR, for short) software, and that is what you
> need to do what you want.
>
> There are several different OCR programs on the market; the one that I
> use is called "OmniPage," but there are other good choices available.
> Many scanners come with starter versions of such software, but if
> yours doesn't, you will need to buy one.
>
> Recognize that no OCR product is perfect. Depending on what font the
> original is in, how clean it is, etc., they all make mistakes, so it's
> necessary to proofread the results carefully to correct any errors in
> "OCRing."
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
 
On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0700, Patricia anne
<Patriciaanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Thanks Ken, your answer makes good sense .


You're welcome, Pat. Glad to help.


> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:50:03 -0700, Patricia anne
> > <Patriciaanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, I have a printer/scanner all in one dx4000. When I scan a letter or
> > > document into the scanner, when I go to read it it is all in some sort of
> > > code, and of course I cannot copy/paste when needed.
> >
> >
> > A scanner is a device that essentially takes a picture of what it
> > scans. You may be scanning a piece of paper that you recognize as a
> > letter of document, but the scanner doesn't know that. So the result
> > is not text itself, but a picture of the text.
> >
> > You are presumably trying to read that picture of text in your word
> > processing program. But the word processing program can only process
> > words, not pictures of words. The result is that you see what you are
> > calling "code." It's of course not any kind of code at all, but just
> > the result of looking at a picture with the wrong program.
> >
> > There exists software which can take such a picture of text, look at
> > it, recognize letters and words within, and create an output document
> > with words instead of pictures in it, which can then be processed by
> > your word processing program. Such software is called Optical
> > Character Recognition (OCR, for short) software, and that is what you
> > need to do what you want.
> >
> > There are several different OCR programs on the market; the one that I
> > use is called "OmniPage," but there are other good choices available.
> > Many scanners come with starter versions of such software, but if
> > yours doesn't, you will need to buy one.
> >
> > Recognize that no OCR product is perfect. Depending on what font the
> > original is in, how clean it is, etc., they all make mistakes, so it's
> > necessary to proofread the results carefully to correct any errors in
> > "OCRing."
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> >

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