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Studio717 · 02-08-2007, 01:43 PM

Very nice review. My biggest complaint is that it's Win only. This would be totally sweet on the Mac, especially with DevonThink Pro Office integration. Unlikely, I know, but I can dream.

I've had my 3600 for quite a few months and do like it. One reason I have a Mac Mini on order is that I got tired of hauling out my old Dell laptop just to use this scanner. I tend not to use the OCR (I use Acrobat's instead), but agree with Liviu_5 on using .tif (not .jpg so much for text).

The only thing I've found annoying is that I sometimes get the page rotation thing going wrong. Operator error, I'm sure, but sometimes it works just like I think it's supposed to and other times the opposite. Occasionally, I'll fiddle with it until it's right, but most times I just quickly fix it in Acrobat.

02-08-2007, 01:43 PM	#3
Studio717 Addict Posts: 208 Karma: 575 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: California Device: Various Kindles, iPhone, iPad, Galaxy 10.1	Very nice review. My biggest complaint is that it's Win only. This would be totally sweet on the Mac, especially with DevonThink Pro Office integration. Unlikely, I know, but I can dream. I've had my 3600 for quite a few months and do like it. One reason I have a Mac Mini on order is that I got tired of hauling out my old Dell laptop just to use this scanner. I tend not to use the OCR (I use Acrobat's instead), but agree with Liviu_5 on using .tif (not .jpg so much for text). The only thing I've found annoying is that I sometimes get the page rotation thing going wrong. Operator error, I'm sure, but sometimes it works just like I think it's supposed to and other times the opposite. Occasionally, I'll fiddle with it until it's right, but most times I just quickly fix it in Acrobat.