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General => Technical Help => Topic started by: doddsie4 on Monday 16 July 18 12:27 BST (UK)
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I am on Windows 7 at the moment, and I scan photos all the time. Once I have scanned a photo, I get the Import Pictures box, asking me to name the picture. So I name it, and click Import. Next page that comes up has the photo with the tagged name underneath - but with 001 at the end. What is this 001? What does it signify?
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It sounds like whatever scanner software you're using has given the scan the number 001.
Then the programme you're using to open the image is asking you to give it a name, so if it was originally 001.jpg it's now become xxxx001.jpg after you're named it.
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Is it an Epson scanner? If it is, the number is inserted by the scanning software. Probably useful if you're scanning the same thing multiple times but otherwise I find it a nuisance having to delete the numbers every time I scan something.
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Ray,
I did have an old Epsom my sister gave me about three of years ago - but since then I have been using an old Dell, which my sister also gave me. Mt computer is a Dell. I only use the printer for scans though. I don't use ink cartridges any more because I just think the price of the ink is a rip-off. I was spending mountains of money on ink. No more!
I was glad ;D that you said you deleted the 001 every time you scan something. When making my original post here, I thought that if I admitted I was deleting the 001 for every image, it would look ridiculous.
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No, you wouldn't look ridiculous. Do exactly as you want; even when the computer tells you otherwise!
I use a Mac - the last "Microsoft" computer I had ran on DOS-5 - I've never let anything with Windows through the door.