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Scanning methods and setup
The right way to scan your documents, photos and slides, and keep them findable.
$185
Usually about 1.5 hrs
Written notes where they'll help
What's included
- Choosing a method: iPhone, flatbed, document feeder or a scanning service
- Scanning with your iPhone using Notes or Files
- Photos, slides and negatives: resolution and settings that suit
- Naming, searchable text and where scans should live
- A routine for the paper that keeps arriving
What to have ready
- Your scanner or printer-scanner, if you have one
- A few samples of what you want to scan
Not included
- Bulk scanning on your behalf (we can recommend a service)
If there's more to do, we'll happily keep going at $125 an hour until you're ready to stop, or until we need to head to the next appointment. We can always book another visit to finish off.
What you're left with
- The confidence to do it yourself
- Where it helps, written notes with an action list, sent after the session
- Sometimes a printable step-by-step guide, left with you or sent by email