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trying to scan to OCR

Using Preview to access the scanning software on HP C5180 Photosmart printer/scanner/copier. Trying to use Optical Character Recognition. Want to scan with OCR going to Open Office to edit later. all I can get is a picture that can be moved or resized. When I go to Open Office, I get an error when it is done with the scanning process. Did use TEXT in the scan software.

mac book pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Sep 9, 2010 7:15 PM

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User profile for user: Network 23
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Sep 9, 2010 8:36 PM in response to floyd of green bay

floyd of green bay wrote:
I thought Preview and Image capture were supposed to be used in scanning with Snow Leopard. Anything else work?


Preview and Image Capture are the built-in solutions. But you are not limited to them. Just as you can browse the web with Firefox or Chrome instead of the built-in Safari, you can scan with any app that works, like the software that came on the disk with the scanner, or a app like VueScan or Silverfast. For OCR, you might get the best results by installing the Mac software that came with the scanner. I know there was definitely Mac software that came with my mom's HP scanner.
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