HP C7280 SCAN DOC TO WORD GARBLED

[mike320]

Hello to all.......I am scanning document from C7280 to word2007 and the scan goes smoothly but when I try to read the scan

there are stretched and misplaced words showing up. Is there a fix for this?

[DexterM]

what kind of text does the document have? do the text use widely used/recognized fonts or are they handwritten?

[mike320]

The text setting is Cambri, with fonts at 12. I downloaded the latest and greatest from HP website and reinstalled software.

Same issue . Text is legible however handwriting is skewered......It appears that software is not recognizing hand signature

or numbers. 

I also have microsoft 2007 word error that it has stopped working when I am in the middle of using. The fix is directly related

to the HP printer driver according to microsoft. Microsoft asks if I would like to search for fix and repair and that is when the 

message about the driver appears.

[DexterM]

The OCR software will not recognize handwriting correctly, so you're bound to face problems scanning handwritten documents.

Also, there is an option to scan from Word directly. CLick on Insert>Clip Art>Organize Clips...>File>Add Clips To Organizer>From Scanner Or Camera. Then just select the scanner from the list(you might see 2 scanners listed, so select any one you like) and it should scan directly to Word and the results may suit your needs better.

[terrib]

I have same problem and its driving me crazy. Scanning a letter where I handwrote some comments in the margin and when I view it in WORD 2007 its a real mess..formatting all screwed up and 'stuff' all over the place. I read the followiing in HP support: and tried it but got error from WORD that TWAIN may be corrupt . So I went to HP to  try to find out about TWAIN corruption and was adviced to download the complete printer software which I have done many times over the years and it usually messes up my printer settings, After download I ran it and it says its already there so what do I do now. Not sure that re installing the software is going to do the trick (it is dated 2009) and might mess up other things. I should be able to scan a letter that I have marked up without a problem like this.  I have a lot of these letters to scan/share.

I use WIN XP and Office 2007

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The OCR software will not recognize handwriting correctly, so you're bound to face problems scanning handwritten documents.

Also, there is an option to scan from Word directly. CLick on Insert>Clip Art>Organize Clips...>File>Add Clips To Organizer>From Scanner Or Camera. Then just select the scanner from the list(you might see 2 scanners listed, so select any one you like) and it should scan directly to Word and the results may suit your needs better.