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Re:Americans are on the move, but their stuff doesn’t always... by ghaff on Friday May 28, 2021 @08:27AM (#27314547)
The problem with scanning is that many of us have a lot of paper most of which we will never look at again. It's probably different today when a lot of things are "born" digital. But for me to scan all the paper I have that I might want to glance at someday would be an enormous undertaking--yes, including school notebooks. In practice, you have to be very selective about what you scan.
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Re:Americans are on the move, but their stuff doesn’t always... by mavhc on Friday May 28, 2021 @10:23AM (#27315648)
On the plus side every A4 page is 2.5g you don't have to move/store. Does help if you have a double sided sheet feeding scanner
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Re:Americans are on the move, but their stuff doesn’t always... by ghaff on Friday May 28, 2021 @11:49AM (#27316854)
If the paper is all individual uniform sheets in good shape and you have access to a commercial feeding scanner, it's a lot easier. In my experience though, scanning old piles of paper is rarely like that.
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