Tried scanning a blueprint with my phone camera and the lines came out way better than our office scanner

I was stuck on a Friday night in Atlanta doing revisions on a warehouse layout for Monday and just used my phone propped up on some old textbooks with a desk lamp at a 45 degree angle and now I'm wondering why I've been fighting with the Canon all these years, has anyone else ditched their flatbed for a quick phone scan?

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hugobarnes7d ago

That feeling when you realize you've been fighting with tech just because it's "the right way" is strangely painful isn't it? I spent a whole year wrestling with a giant scanner that jammed every third page before I tried just propping my phone on a coffee mug one Saturday morning. The phone pick up way more detail than I expected, especially on those old blueline prints where everything fades to a ghost. Now I'm the weirdo in my office who laminated a little foam block just to get the perfect angle with my desk lamp. Honestly sometimes I think we overcomplicate things just to feel professional.

michaeljones4d ago

Exactly. @morgan915's paper towel stand is genius level. It's like the second you stop trying to make it look official everything just works better lol. I used a stack of old notebooks to get the right height for mine and it's never failed me.

morgan9157d ago

Used a paper towel roll and some painter's tape to build my own scanner stand once... worked surprisingly well.