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Originally Posted by sufue
Sadly, in the second batch, there appears to be no single zipped file with all of the scans. Instead the new web interface appears to make me download each of my 27 books individually - still with cryptic names since I'm not willing to double the cost of the scans just to avoid having to change it myself! This is sort of a pain in the neck, especially since the downloads are a couple of hundred MB each, so they take some time. And, I can't imagine if I had sent even more books, although it's still less effort than scanning myself.
I have e-mailed them to ask if there is a way to get a single zipped file for the whole order, and will update here if/when I get a reply. I also am wondering if I am missing something obvious - if anyone here knows how to get a single zipped file from their new web interface, PLEASE post the info!
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I finally heard back from the 1dollarscan customer service folks, and after a couple of rounds back-and-forth, they e-mailed me an Adobe AIR link which let me download and install a "1dollarscan downloader", which, thank heaven, has a "download all" button. I had already downloaded all of my 27 files from this order one-at-a-time before getting the downloader, but at least for the future...
The link is :
http://system.1dollarscan.com/downlo...ader0.1.13.air
Please use all the care you would normally use with an "outside" link. This worked fine for me, but use your own caution.
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Originally Posted by sufue
There is also a possibly interesting option called "Fine Tune" now offered for free - at least for now  . Fine Tune claims to tailor the .pdf output for your device - i.e. reduce margins for smaller screens, optimize characters, etc. You have to request it, and then they do it, and notify you when it's ready. (Supposedly the original file is also retained.)
I've asked for a couple of my books to be optimized for different devices and will be interested to see if it makes any noticeable difference. |
My test "Fine Tune" was done and ready for download overnight. It came as a zipped file, which has a whole bunch of .jpg files, each of which has a set of pages from the book. I assume that if I were to put them all together I would have my total book. I opened a couple of the .jpg files and sure enough, the margins were reduced, but it was hard for me to see what else might have been done with (or to) them. I'm not sure how much use these will be to me - I'm probably not going to bother getting the rest of mine done.