Filing Friday

Filing Friday has temporarily been on hold for a few weeks and will hopefully return on May 22nd. I have been preparing for some research in Raleigh, NC before I attend the NGS Conference and that's just taken precedence.

One update is that I have finally gotten an all-in-one with an ADF (Auto Document Feeder) so I can scan multiple pages at once. I had an all-in-one previously but it was so tedious to place each page on the scanner glass that I didn't do much to digitze my files. Also, when it scanned to a searchable PDF it 're-typed' the document instead of displaying the scanned image. I can't believe there isn't a way to change this option but I couldn't find it and I got the new all-in-one before it became absolutely necessary.

The new all-in-one is a 4 in 1, printer, copier, scanner, fax. It is an HP J6480. This machine has been on sale a lot lately (perhaps it's about to be replaced by a newer model) so if you're looking for a new machine it might fit the bill. I've been happy with the searchable PDF scanning. There are of course errors in the OCR but that's to be expected. This machine also works wirelessly and has automatic duplexing which is nice since my computer is a laptop and I'm often working in a different room.

So far I've been able to do everything I need with this device although I have had to tweak settings. One thing I needed was the ability to print on regular paper with extrememly small margins. I oftern create and print brochures for our local genealogical society's events and I've had difficutlites with this on all other printers except this one and my previous all-in-one (which didn't need settings tweaked to print tiny margins). Why a photo printer can print borderless photos but not borderless documents I haven't figured out, yet.

I'm hopinig to get back to cleaning my office and digitizing my files after the NGS Conference. If you want to stop by and say "hi" I'll often be at the Fairfax Genealogical Society booth.