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OfficeMax currently no longer has the Canon MP780 4-in-1 (scan/fax/print/copy) on sale for $199 (usually $249), but other mail-order companies are still selling it at a reasonable price (just Froogle for it). I mention the MP780 because it has an auto-document-feeder (ADF) which allows you to put a stack of papers in it and scan them all at once. This page contains tips on how to make the best of the MP780 or other ADF scanners.

I've been thinking about getting an ADF scanner for a while, so that I can scan to PDF all of the print articles that currently occupy several boxes in the corner of my office. Dedicated ADF scanners tend to go for about $500+, so this seemed like an inexpensive way to go. The MP780 has duplex printing but not duplex scanning, which is about the only thing that the more expensive ones have.

My MP780 arrived yesterday. Here are some of my notes:

On the Japan Photo list, Gen Kanai suggested we look at Kazuhiko Kawahara's work, saying "He's an architect in Osaka, but is doing some of the most innovative photo manipulation I've seen in quite sometime." Check it out: http://www.pallalink.net/

Digg.com posted a useful link to Printing definitions and glossary of terms:

Glossary of Printing Terms

This glossary of printing terms was created by people working in today's printing industry and is brought to you by the printers at printusa.com who provide free printing quotes. It has been
revised and edited to help the desktop publisher understand the printing trade by TentMaker Publishing.
We have rewritten some technical descriptions in every day language to help the non technical person....

Accordion fold: Bindery term, two or more parallel folds which open like an accordion.

Against the grain: At right angles to direction of paper grain.

Alteration: Change in copy of specifications after production has begun.

Artboard: Alternate term for mechanical art.

Author's corrections: Also know as "AC's". Changed and additions in copy after it has been typeset.

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Work and turn: Printing one side of a sheet and turning it over from left to right ussing the same side guides and plate for the second side.

Wove paper: A paper having a uniform unlined surface with a smooth finish.

(Via Digg.com.)

Check this wonderful short public advertisement made by the EDF: http://www.ad-awards.com/inc/video.swf?id=104.

Absolutely fantastic.

AFP reports on the 17th International Photojournalism Festival being held in Perpignan.

http://photography.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.visapourlimage.com/anglais/

http://www.afp.com/english/afp/?pid=events/baz