By Marie Ward


A yearbook is one of the most important documents that a student takes away after completing school. It contains all of the staff and students of the school. As years go by, one is still able to remember their classmates and the school in general. When these yearbooks are made, there is usually one original and several copies are made. Below are some of the processes of yearbook scanning.

The first step is to choose the kind of scanner that will be best for the job and of course one that you can afford. There are mainly two main types of scanners; the flatbed scanner and the sheet feed scanner. The flatbed scanner is more affordable and can scan anything including books. For a sheet feed scanner, you can only scan individual pages.

In case you are using the flatbed scanner, you need to place the desired pages on the scanning screen and push them gently on the screen to avoid leaving out important information. With the feed sheet, you will have to dismantle the book and acquire the separate pages. You may do it yourself or take it to a copying shop.

The next step is to detach the cover from the book. The most common types of covers are paperback and hardcover. Both are easy to do and you can either do it yourself or have it done at a book repair store. For the paperback, you just need some heat from a blow drier to melt off the glue from the spine of the book.

Even after separating the book and remaining with pages, you need to separate it further into smaller groups of about 20 pages. Ensure that this is done systematically to avoid any kind of confusion. Proceed to peel off any remaining glue from the pages to avoid causing any kind of damage to the scanner. Some glue may get on the lens and it is best to wipe with a damp cloth.

As you scan the pages, you store them on a computer and you can later print them out and make a whole new copy. To do this, you will need a software known as paper pot or at least one that is similar to it. It stores your document in the format of your choosing including, PDF, TIFF, among many others. PDF is best as it cannot easily be tampered with.

Scan all of the pages. Including the blank ones. Do not neglect to do so simply because they are blank. But in the event that they are left out in the scanning, indicate on the previous pages that they are missing to avoid confusion while going through the book. If skipped, check to see the pages are in order to avoid shady work.

The assumption here is that you are using a feed sheet scanner. It is advisable to feed it one page at a time. Doing more than this may wear out the roller parts of the machinery. This may be expensive to fix and therefore, one at a time is best.




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I am passionate about educating university students about money and careers, and have been doing so since 2007. I see the same confusion and mistakes being replicated every year. The way I help is through Save the Student. I'm always on the look out for new contributors, so get in touch if you're wanting to get involved! Aside from the site, my main interests are travelling, writing, photography, webdesign, sailing, football and cycling.

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