>Why cut them in half? When I needed to copy some booklets like this, I
>pulled out the staples, then took each sheet and folded it back in half.
>I then scanned/copied each side of that, folded it back the other way and
>scanned/copied the 2 sides of it in that configuration (this got copies
>of all 4 booklet-pages that made up a single sheet). After I'd done all
>the pages, I put them back in the right order and put the (original)
>staples back in.
This is a valid approach for things that are important... but it is FAR
more time consuming then my current method. By cutting them in half I can
load them into the sheet feeder and do the entire first half of the book
(I tell Acrobat I'm scanning dual sided pages, it scans all the first
sides, then prompts me to put them back in and scan the back sides, then
it puts them all in order for me... I repeat the process with the back
half of the book, and when I am done, everything is in order and I've had
very little user interaction with it).
So really, cutting them in half is just a huge time saver. If I do the
folding method, I have to scan them all way out of order and worry about
putting them all back into order. Certainly valid and worth the time for
things I want to not destroy. But not worth it for things that are being
thrown out right after scanning.
-chris
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