Submitted by chatan on August 9, 2009 - 12:56am
I've using the great program gscan2pdf to create my pdfs from my Epson CX3200 MFP scanner. I've playing with the settings to get my desired results to balance the file size verses the needed resolution.
So to scan a simple medical claim form (single page, letter size) for archival purposes, here are the results:
(I couldn't figure out how to get the table format correct, so the openoffice spreadsheet file is also attached)
Cheers!
Mode Res Gamma Comp* File Size (KB)
binary 600 1.8 40 1700 KB
Gray 150 1 auto 1500 KB
binary 600 1.8 20 1200 KB
binary 300 1.8 40 639 KB
binary 150 1.8 100 547 KB
Gray 300 1.8 40 476 KB
binary 300 1.8 20 435 KB
Gray 150 1.8 80 326 KB
Gray 300 1.8 20 295 KB
binary 600 1.8 auto 273 KB
binary 150 1.8 40 202 KB
Gray 150 1.8 40 159 KB
binary 150 1.8 20 139 KB
Gray 150 1 20 122 KB
binary 300 1.8 auto 98 KB <<< Meets my need
Gray 150 1.8 20 90 KB <<< Meets my need
binary 150 1.8 Tiff-lzw 44 KB not pdf file
binary 150 1 auto 37 KB just Barely readable
binary 150 1.8 auto 34 KB just Barely readable
binary 75 1.8 auto 14 KB NOT READABLE
* Compression is JPG unless otherwise noted.
Submitted by chatan on February 5, 2009 - 5:47am
When I used Linspire, I used PwManager from Linspire's CNR. It looked good and worked fine for me, but most importantly for me, it allowed me to export the passwords to a csv file where I could then print it out hardcopy. (I know it is not the safest practice in the world)
Now using MEPIS 8, I tried KeepassX (from the MEPIS Community Repo; http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18203 ) and it imported my PwManager .pwm files and looked and worked just fine, HOWEVER: it won't print or export to a usable format to print (edit: it does export to a txt file with some odd format, xml maybe?)
I also tried these programs, but none would done come close to my good old PwManager:
password-gorilla
kdepasswd
kwalletmanager
So, I installed PwManager on MEPIS 8 using the 64-bit rpm (Fedora Core 7 for x86_64 (fc7-x86_64)) via alien using the MEPIS wiki instructions.
Here is thePwManager homepage where I got the download:
http://passwordmanager.sourceforge.net/index.php
Cheers and let me know if you have any suggestions or other ideas.
Submitted by chatan on January 24, 2009 - 6:06am
I have a couple of 'naked' hard drives (HDD) laying around and wanted to put them to use.
I went to the local Japanese computer store looking for one of those HDD docking stations, but I found a "Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge" which allows you to plug your HDD via a USB cable.
I like taking risks so I took a chance that it would work with Linux and bought it. It was about $30US equivalent.
The product website with pictures is here: http://www.century.co.jp/products/pc/hdd-kit/craisu2.html
There has got to be similar products on the US markets, especially given the lsusb output (see down below).
At first it wouldn't work and I thought I wasted my money, but after a lot of messing around; here are the keys to get it to work:
1) Make sure you have the HDD jumper set as MASTER
2) Turn on the power supply before plugging in the USB to the computer.
3) Wait about 30 seconds or so for the HDD to mount.
It will mount to /media folder like any other USB storage device and show on the desktop. In my case, it mounted as sdc1.
I can only write to the HDD as root (K-menu >>> System >>> File System >>> File Manager - Super User Mode) but that is fine with me right now. It reads as user fine.
Here is some technical data:
lsusb output:
ID 152d:2338 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge
dmesg output
usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5<br />
usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice<br />
scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices<br />
usb-storage: device found at 5<br />
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning<br />
usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=2338<br />
usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5<br />
usb 1-5: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge<br />
usb 1-5: Manufacturer: JMicron<br />
usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 7D577AE31168<br />
usb-storage: device scan complete<br />
scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access WDC WD12 00JB-00FUA0 5R15 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS<br />
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 234441648 512-byte hardware sectors (120034 MB)<br />
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off<br />
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00<br />
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through<br />
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 234441648 512-byte hardware sectors (120034 MB)<br />
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off<br />
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00<br />
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through<br />
sdc: sdc1<br />
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk<br />
sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0<br />
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds<br />
EXT3 FS on sdc1, internal journal<br />
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.<br />
