Simons guide to diybookscanner [beta]

Guide for scanning on Ubuntu, post processing on windows, full version adobe acrobat * Sorry for the horrible formatting

• When the scanner hardware have come toghether its time for software installation. I am using an old and slow computer for taking and saving pictures and a faster computer for post-processing.

• If you dont have Ubuntu, make a partition in your PCs current operative system. Doesnt need to be big, just enough for Ubuntu and a couple of gb of photos, say 30gb. Each time you start your computer, you will now have the option to use either Ubuntu or windows.

• Install Ubuntu 12.04

• Follow these current instructions by Mark, even if you have pre-programmed firmware. https://github.com/markvdb/diybookscanner/blob/master/misc/settings.md

• Then follow these instructions by Mark: https://github.com/markvdb/diybookscanner/wiki/Software-triggering-on-Debian-GNU-Linux

   Now you are ready for scanning!
  * Plug in the equipment and start it up
  * Go to the terminal in Ubuntu
  * type: test_keypedal.sh
  * Scan. As this is your first scan, have a paper ready noting which pages that might need to be rescanned.
  * Check for doubles, images with bad focus, and missing images.
  * Re-scan what is needed.
  * If there are missing images its easiest to insert them after the renaming step further below.

   If you want to use windows to make PDFs
  * Install rename  		http://rename.lupasfreeware.org/download.php
  * Install gimp    		http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
  * Install scan tailor  	http://scantailor.sourceforge.net/?q=en/node/3
  * Install acrobat reader pro. It wont work with the free version so you better find some cheap shop on the internet   :)

   Start lupas rename
  * Make a backup of the left and right folders as the renaming utility does malfunction on occation.
  * Use rename to rename left/right pages according to these functions in the program:
  * change file name: img_
  * Insert after file name: check.
  * Autonumber: start with (1 or 2 depending on left or right pages). Increments=2.
  * Dont merge the folders until after post-processing

    Use GIMP's marking function (standard keyboard shortcut is r) on six lines of text
  * You will get different readouts for the left and right side pictures.

    Open your left and right folders in seperate scan tailor windows.
  * Check DPI values, use custom DPI-values. Insert the readout from GIMP.
  * Now you are ready to post-process your images.
  * Flip your pages correctly, choose apply to all. Do not batch (the play-button)
  * Deskew automaticallt, choose apply to all. Do not batch
  * Use the whole page, choose apply to all. Do not batch
  * Select content, preferably manually, apply to all following.
  * Press play-button and keep aligning content box as the picture wanders
  * Use "apply to all the following" when correcting
  * Set marigins, i prefer small, about 2x3. Batch
  * Set output according to your prefered quality. Use your DPI-values from Gimp. Apply to all.
  * Run batch.

  Put all the images from the output directories into a single folder.

    Open acrobat pro
  * Combine into a single PDF
  * Choose single PDF instead of portfolio
  * Combine...

    When its done you should run:
  Tools/ optimize document/ OCR recognition/ clearscan.