HP All-In-One scanning (to memory card?)

Hello. I'm hoping to find some people with experience using an HP
Photosmart C4100 All-in-one or similar.
Most of the various models have memory card readers for printing
pictures directly form the file. However, I want to scan driectly from
the device onto a memory card. Is that possible?

I've googled hard, but found very few answers. The many downloads
available form the HP website only cover the very most basic of tasks.

Would much appreciate some of your wisdom. A relative has one of these,
plus a pile of old family photos, so I hoping that during a visit we can
get a few scanned at reasonable quality rather than using up all of his
ink making copies.

Regards
David

"DavidM" wrote in message
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Hello. I'm hoping to find some people with experience using an HP
Photosmart C4100 All-in-one or similar.
Most of the various models have memory card readers for printing pictures
directly form the file. However, I want to scan driectly from the device
onto a memory card. Is that possible?

I've googled hard, but found very few answers. The many downloads
available form the HP website only cover the very most basic of tasks.

Would much appreciate some of your wisdom. A relative has one of these,
plus a pile of old family photos, so I hoping that during a visit we can
get a few scanned at reasonable quality rather than using up all of his
ink making copies.

Regards
David

You do not have to print every time you scan.

You can scan and save the data onto the computer hard drive, unless the AIO
is a stand alone.

If it is a stand alone then you would need to connect it to a laptop or
something, then burn a CD, copy to a Thumb Drive, or to a memory card via a
card reader.

Roy G

Roy G

On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:23:05 +0100, DavidM
wrote:

Hello. I'm hoping to find some people with experience using an HP
Photosmart C4100 All-in-one or similar.
Most of the various models have memory card readers for printing
pictures directly form the file. However, I want to scan driectly from
the device onto a memory card. Is that possible?

I've googled hard, but found very few answers. The many downloads
available form the HP website only cover the very most basic of tasks.

Would much appreciate some of your wisdom. A relative has one of these,
plus a pile of old family photos, so I hoping that during a visit we can
get a few scanned at reasonable quality rather than using up all of his
ink making copies.

There is no need to print what you scan using any scanner. As scans
are made they become files in whatever format (tif, jpg, etc) you
designate. The files go in a folder just as if you were uploading
from a memory card.

That folder can then be copied to whatever device you want to copy it
to. You can copy them into a memory card, but you might prefer to
burn a DVD or use a portable device like a flash drive.

If you scan into Adobe Elements, you can scan as many photographs as
will fit on the glass at one time, and Elements will break them into
individual pictures with the "Divide Scanned Photos" step. This makes
it faster than scanning each individual photo. You can download a
trial version of Elements to do this.


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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

tony cooper wrote:
On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:23:05 +0100, DavidM
wrote:

Hello. I'm hoping to find some people with experience using an HP
Photosmart C4100 All-in-one or similar.
Most of the various models have memory card readers for printing
pictures directly form the file. However, I want to scan driectly from
the device onto a memory card. Is that possible?

I've googled hard, but found very few answers. The many downloads
available form the HP website only cover the very most basic of tasks.

Would much appreciate some of your wisdom. A relative has one of these,
plus a pile of old family photos, so I hoping that during a visit we can
get a few scanned at reasonable quality rather than using up all of his
ink making copies.

There is no need to print what you scan using any scanner. As scans
are made they become files in whatever format (tif, jpg, etc) you
designate. The files go in a folder just as if you were uploading
from a memory card.

Thank you both for your quick replies. Sadly this device is not attached
to a computer. It is in the home of an elderly relative who uses it for
copying documents and photos, and printing images form his cameras
memory card. (The scan and print functions are both pretty good quality.)

So, you see I need info specifically on the HP AIOs ability (or not) to
scan a photo and _internally_ save that data onto a memory card in it's
own memory card slot as a jpeg etc. As a standalone unit, it's default
setting is to scan a document and output it to to the built in inkjet
printer, which I don't want to do.

Regards
David

On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:33:15 +0100, DavidM
wrote:

tony cooper wrote:
On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:23:05 +0100, DavidM
wrote:

Hello. I'm hoping to find some people with experience using an HP
Photosmart C4100 All-in-one or similar.
Most of the various models have memory card readers for printing
pictures directly form the file. However, I want to scan driectly from
the device onto a memory card. Is that possible?

I've googled hard, but found very few answers. The many downloads
available form the HP website only cover the very most basic of tasks.

Would much appreciate some of your wisdom. A relative has one of these,
plus a pile of old family photos, so I hoping that during a visit we can
get a few scanned at reasonable quality rather than using up all of his
ink making copies.

There is no need to print what you scan using any scanner. As scans
are made they become files in whatever format (tif, jpg, etc) you
designate. The files go in a folder just as if you were uploading
from a memory card.

Thank you both for your quick replies. Sadly this device is not attached
to a computer. It is in the home of an elderly relative who uses it for
copying documents and photos, and printing images form his cameras
memory card. (The scan and print functions are both pretty good quality.)

So, you see I need info specifically on the HP AIOs ability (or not) to
scan a photo and _internally_ save that data onto a memory card in it's
own memory card slot as a jpeg etc. As a standalone unit, it's default
setting is to scan a document and output it to to the built in inkjet
printer, which I don't want to do.

Why in the world would you withhold this critical part of your problem
and not provide it until people spend time and energy replying to your
post?

Rent a laptop or a computer for the visit. Take yours with you.



--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:23:05 +0100, DavidM wrote:

Hello. I'm hoping to find some people with experience using an HP
Photosmart C4100 All-in-one or similar. Most of the various models have
memory card readers for printing pictures directly form the file.
However, I want to scan driectly from the device onto a memory card. Is
that possible?

I've googled hard, but found very few answers. The many downloads
available form the HP website only cover the very most basic of tasks.

Would much appreciate some of your wisdom. A relative has one of these,
plus a pile of old family photos, so I hoping that during a visit we can
get a few scanned at reasonable quality rather than using up all of his
ink making copies.

Regards
David

I am not aware of any scanner with the capability to save to a memory card
without using a computer. That would require an interface to tell it 'how'
to scan the image: what resolution, what file type, if jpeg - what
compression factor, etc. Certainly many of these could be given reasonable
defaults but without the ability to change some of them the usefullness
would be quite limited.

tony cooper wrote:
On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:33:15 +0100, DavidM
wrote:

tony cooper wrote:
On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:23:05 +0100, DavidM
wrote:

Hello. I'm hoping to find some people with experience using an HP
Photosmart C4100 All-in-one or similar.
Most of the various models have memory card readers for printing
pictures directly form the file. However, I want to scan driectly from
the device onto a memory card. Is that possible?

I've googled hard, but found very few answers. The many downloads
available form the HP website only cover the very most basic of tasks.

Would much appreciate some of your wisdom. A relative has one of these,
plus a pile of old family photos, so I hoping that during a visit we can
get a few scanned at reasonable quality rather than using up all of his
ink making copies.

There is no need to print what you scan using any scanner. As scans
are made they become files in whatever format (tif, jpg, etc) you
designate. The files go in a folder just as if you were uploading
from a memory card.
Thank you both for your quick replies. Sadly this device is not attached
to a computer. It is in the home of an elderly relative who uses it for
copying documents and photos, and printing images form his cameras
memory card. (The scan and print functions are both pretty good quality.)

So, you see I need info specifically on the HP AIOs ability (or not) to
scan a photo and _internally_ save that data onto a memory card in it's
own memory card slot as a jpeg etc. As a standalone unit, it's default
setting is to scan a document and output it to to the built in inkjet
printer, which I don't want to do.

Why in the world would you withhold this critical part of your problem
and not provide it until people spend time and energy replying to your
post?

Rent a laptop or a computer for the visit. Take yours with you.

Thank you. I did not request help with a problem, rather a specific
technical feature of the device mentioned. I think the request was quite
clear, and contained the required information. You however made the
mistake of assuming that I did not understand what was happening; "As
scans are made they become files...", so gave an incorrect answer.
David

ray wrote:
On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:23:05 +0100, DavidM wrote:

Hello. I'm hoping to find some people with experience using an HP
Photosmart C4100 All-in-one or similar. Most of the various models have
memory card readers for printing pictures directly form the file.
However, I want to scan driectly from the device onto a memory card. Is
that possible?

I've googled hard, but found very few answers. The many downloads
available form the HP website only cover the very most basic of tasks.

Would much appreciate some of your wisdom. A relative has one of these,
plus a pile of old family photos, so I hoping that during a visit we can
get a few scanned at reasonable quality rather than using up all of his
ink making copies.

Regards
David

I am not aware of any scanner with the capability to save to a memory card
without using a computer. That would require an interface to tell it 'how'
to scan the image: what resolution, what file type, if jpeg - what
compression factor, etc. Certainly many of these could be given reasonable
defaults but without the ability to change some of them the usefullness
would be quite limited.

You are probably correct. I've just been through a prolonged "live-chat"
with HP and they say it can't be done with that device.

I would be content with the default settings. The prints are probably
done at 600 dpi in photo mode, so although large, a file at that quality
would be fine. They have settings for photo-quality scan rather than
document, so most of the parameters are already taken care of.
(btw, the photo scans sent straight to the devices inkjet come out very
nicely on photo paper. The defaults must be reasonably sensible).

Thanks,
David

On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:08:43 +0100, DavidM
wrote:

tony cooper wrote:
On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:33:15 +0100, DavidM
wrote:

tony cooper wrote:
On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:23:05 +0100, DavidM
wrote:

Hello. I'm hoping to find some people with experience using an HP
Photosmart C4100 All-in-one or similar.
Most of the various models have memory card readers for printing
pictures directly form the file. However, I want to scan driectly from
the device onto a memory card. Is that possible?

I've googled hard, but found very few answers. The many downloads
available form the HP website only cover the very most basic of tasks.

Would much appreciate some of your wisdom. A relative has one of these,
plus a pile of old family photos, so I hoping that during a visit we can
get a few scanned at reasonable quality rather than using up all of his
ink making copies.

There is no need to print what you scan using any scanner. As scans
are made they become files in whatever format (tif, jpg, etc) you
designate. The files go in a folder just as if you were uploading
from a memory card.
Thank you both for your quick replies. Sadly this device is not attached
to a computer. It is in the home of an elderly relative who uses it for
copying documents and photos, and printing images form his cameras
memory card. (The scan and print functions are both pretty good quality.)

So, you see I need info specifically on the HP AIOs ability (or not) to
scan a photo and _internally_ save that data onto a memory card in it's
own memory card slot as a jpeg etc. As a standalone unit, it's default
setting is to scan a document and output it to to the built in inkjet
printer, which I don't want to do.

Why in the world would you withhold this critical part of your problem
and not provide it until people spend time and energy replying to your
post?

Rent a laptop or a computer for the visit. Take yours with you.

Thank you. I did not request help with a problem,

Certainly you did. You stated that you want to be able to capture
scans without having to print the results and that you don't know if
you can. That's requesting help with a problem.


rather a specific
technical feature of the device mentioned. I think the request was quite
clear,

Quite the opposite. Everyone reading your post uses a computer. Else
they would not be able to read your post. Anyone who uses a computer
would take your post to be a question of how to scan to file.

It would have been a simple thing to include in your question that
there will be no computer available where the scans are made. You
didn't. Instead, you give some bull**** objection to being criticized
for writing a post that does not include essential information.

and contained the required information.

It did not. You didn't think it through.


--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

DavidM wrote:
Hello. I'm hoping to find some people with experience using an HP
Photosmart C4100 All-in-one or similar.
Most of the various models have memory card readers for printing
pictures directly form the file. However, I want to scan driectly from
the device onto a memory card. Is that possible?

I've googled hard, but found very few answers. The many downloads
available form the HP website only cover the very most basic of tasks.

Would much appreciate some of your wisdom. A relative has one of these,
plus a pile of old family photos, so I hoping that during a visit we can
get a few scanned at reasonable quality rather than using up all of his
ink making copies.

Regards
David

I am not familiar with the driver for that printer, but I suspect that
it would not have that feature, but you can surely scan to your HD, and
just copy the file to the card.