Questions tagged [scanning]
the process of converting an image, printed text, handwriting, etc. into a digital image by using a scanner
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When scanning a url/phone number qr code, is there anyway to force the iPhone to show 'Copy' menu only instead of asking opening browser?
For example, when scan a url qr code with iPhone, the iPhone usually asks you to open browser with Safari (or ask you to dial a call if the qr code is a phone number), which is different from plain ...
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How to set default paper size for scan with continuity camera
How can I set the default paper size when scanning with continuity camera using my iPhone?
I am using the fantastic new Mojave feature to scan documents directly into Preview with my iPhone using ...
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How to fix spurious "Cannot communicate with scanner" error, without rebooting
I have a Canon MP560 printer/scanner combo, installed and working.
However typically when I turn on the power to the printer and click 'Open Scanner...' I get the following error:
Needless to say the ...
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macOS - scanned document not showing properly in Notes.app
I was on macOS 12.1 and iOS 15.2, and scanned a document in Notes on my iPhone and it showed up on my Mac like this:
The scanned doc wasn't showing a preview and didn't open when I double clicked on ...
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Scanning images with default macOS Scanner app always produces horrible jpeg artifacts, even with PNG?
When scanning images using the default macOS Scanner app (from Printers & Scanners) I noticed that when I do a 600 dpi scan and choose a lossless image format like PNG or BMP, the resulting image ...
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Scan a page from a photo in the iOS Notes app
The Notes app has a nice feature to "scan" a letter by clicking the camera icon and selecting "scan document". This will use the camera, search for a letter-like object, correct ...
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Scanned document on Sonoma not modifiable
My usual workflow when I scan a text document is to correct colors and play with contract to reduce their file size. However, since I upgraded to Sonoma, I find that whatever image I scan, to whatever ...
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Loosing scan funtion of HP printer when re-boot system or signing out
Mac Mini M1 (16GB mem, 1 TB ssd) running Ventura 13.2.1
Printer HP Laser jet 100 colorMFP M175nw (Print and Scan functions)
Installed printer driver version is 3.0 (automatically retrieved from the ...
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How to get a bitmap from a scan in Apple Notes
I love the scanning capability of Apple Notes, it does a great job of squaring up the images, and the black and white seems to have a good adaptive thresholding algorithm.
But, I can't find any way to ...
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iOS 14: How do I scan/check my vaccination QR code without a redirect to Apple's Health app page?
Scanning the QR code in the default iOS camera app redirects to Apple's Health App webpage instead of properly opening the link contained in the code. Worse, it doesn't provide any option to scan/open ...
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SMB Port 139 not enabled on Mac OS 10.15 Catalina
I'm trying to share a folder on my local network in order to use a scanner that can upload files over SMB protocol towards a Mac Catalina 10.15.
My Mac is on my local network with IP address 192.168.1....
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Why does Files create such large scans?
I scanned 24 pages on latest iOS, creating a 200 MB pdf. With Ghostscript and QPDF with default-like flags, I compressed it to 11 MB. Is there a way to remove bloat from the PDF created from scanned ...
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Scanner not appearing in macOS 10.13 High Sierra over network
My multifunction Printer / Scanner doesn't have any scanning functions available under macOS 10.13 High Sierra while connected over network.
The scanner function worked over network under macOS 10.10 ...
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How can the colour profile be selected for images generated by Image Capture?
I'm scanning photos using the Image Capture app and would like it to generate images with a colour space/profile other than sRGB, which it seems to default to. There doesn't appear to be any way to ...
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Image Capture fails on colored scan
When I try to scan a document using Image Capture, it shows the following error once it's finished scanning.
(This time it failed before scanning, but it usually fails after the scanner has recorded ...
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