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On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 15:43:38 GMT in alt.comp.periphs.scanner, "CSM1"
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>"Brian Inglis" <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.Invalid> wrote in message
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>> On 24 Sep 2004 18:16:44 -0700 in alt.comp.periphs.scanner,
>> mcharon@gmail.com (mark charon) wrote:
>>
>>>am looking for a scanner that allows converting scanned documents to
>>>PDF files (a must!) and then sent as email.
>>>all the above tasks could be done by hitting a couple of buttons on
>>>the scanner
>>>without having to turn on the computer and using special computer
>>>software.
>>>
>>>this way, i can quickly scan my documents and have the documents sent
>>>out without
>>>the need to turn on my computer.
>>>
>>>my sister office uses one of these scanners like a copy machine. she
>>>feeds the documents in and
>>>the documents are scanned and emailed out. this scanner is
>>>high-capacity so it's very expensive.
>>>
>>>i am hoping to send around 1000 dollars for this type of scanner.
>>
>> Good luck finding one of those cheap on Ebay!
>>
>> The scanner is going to need to be attached to some kind of PC with
>> disk to hold the software and store the scan, PDF conversion software
>> (probably a commercial product for which you will pay a premium), a
>> LAN connection and software for it and your PC so that you can
>> download email addresses, a router on your LAN or an internet
>> connection for sending email, probably a fax modem for customers who
>> don't want email and would rather get faxes, and a printer for
>> customers who don't want faxes and would rather get snail mail.
>>
>> You can roll your own using a $100 scanner with included software that
>> will produce graphic files; you can download free software (including
>> a Windows printer driver) to create PDF files; and your own effort to
>> create an email, add the attachment, and send it to your distribution
>> list.
>>
>> One good way to really annoy customers is to send them massive emails,
>> that take ages to download, with an attached one or two page document,
>> filled with useless gigantic graphics, containing some marketer's
>> latest "thought", that he can just stick on the scanner and email to
>> all his customers at his whim.
>> Nothing like having your customers consider you an annoying spammer!
>>
>> You really need to compress your graphics, layout your documents
>> carefully, and monitor the sizes of the documents and emails you send
>> out to your customers, so that your customers don't just add your
>> email address to their list of junk emailers.
>>
>> Unless of course, you *are* a junk emailer?
>> In which case the foregoing won't worry you!
>You go, Brian!
>
>What this Guy wants is a no-brain solution. Probably because he has no
>brains.
>
>If I were to send out notices to a bunch of people via Email I would
>generate the page to be sent with an HTML editor then paste into the email
>to send.
As with this newsgroup, I would send the email out in plain text.
I also have a nasty tendency to send attachments out in plain text,
just calling them .doc or .xls to satisfy those who need to think
they're getting MS proprietary document formats. ;^>
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Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Brian.Inglis@CSi.com (Brian[dot]Inglis{at}SystematicSW[dot]ab[dot]ca)
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