Purchase a Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner during the FRPC Cyber-Week Sale – and get FREE USA shipping on your entire order.
To get over $40 in FREE Stuff – Buy a Flip-Pal with Creativity Suite 4.0 from Family Roots Publishing during the Cyber-Week sale, and we will throw in our popular Dating Old Photographs CD-ROM, and our Bundle of Three Organizing Your Genealogy aids. These items are valued at over $40 – and they are FREE with the purchase of a Flip-Pal mobile scanner with Creativity Suite 4.0! This is a great deal on the Flip-Pal mobile scanner – complete with software that we highly recommend – software that we use here every day.
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As I have written numerous times before, I now use a Flip-Pal mobile scanner for most of my on-the-road scanning projects, as well as the scanning of any photos under 4×6 inches in size (that’s the size of the scanner bed). I have had a personal unit for several years. Dale also has one of his own. Over the years, we’ve scanned thousands of photos! We got started when Dale and I had a business trip in which we had to drive nearly 3000 miles. During the drive, Dale scanned pictures – right there about 3 feet from me. We had a large box full of photos, many still in the envelopes from the processor – most 30 to 40 years old. Many I hadn’t seen since I took the pictures. My brother, Steve, added his photos to those to be scanned, and we’ve had more scanning sessions in the last several years than I could have ever have thought imagined.
I’ve been scanning my genealogy documents as well as my pictures. I’ve usually use flatbed scanner, as well as a high-speed scanner with a feeder attached. I’ve now added my Flip-Pal to that mix. The flatbed scanner is still my scanner of choice if I’m home and I’m scanning 8.5 x 11 or legal documents. Otherwise most of the scanning has been switched by my Flip-Pal software.
As I’ve said before, The big advantage for me has been that I can scan my “under 4 x 6” photos a lot faster then usual using the Flip-Pal. Large photos and documents can be scanned in several shots, and then stitched together perfectly using the software provided with every Flip-Pal. This works equally well whether I’m using a PC or my Mac. (Note – if using a Mac, be sure and shut off the auto-upload to iPhoto). Scanning albums is nearly as easy as scanning individual pictures. A while back, I scanned an album that belonged to my mother, with many of the photos glued into place. I took the lid off of the scanner, turned it over, laid the scanner on the pictures on the album page – lined it up by looking right through the scanner – and pressed the scan button. The scanner has a little window on it where the user can check to see if the scan came out good – just like your digital camera. Scans can be made in both 300 dpi, and 600 dpi. I leave my scanner defaulted to 600 dpi, just in case I want to blow them up. As noted above, the software supplied with the scanner is both Windows and Mac compatible.
The Flip-Pal is battery-operated, allowing full portability. When I made my first scans, I was using typical AA batteries that I bought in quantity at Costco. As I remember it, I was getting about 400 scans or so on a set of four batteries. I quickly realized that I was going to save huge quantities of money by purchasing an AC AA battery charger and a dozen batteries. That was a smart move. When I purchased my Flip-Pal, the only case available had no pockets for supplies. A deluxe case is now available – complete with pockets where I keep my extra SD Cards, Sketch, and batteries.
Another innovation is the Flip-Pal Sketch. You just lay the Sketch on photo that you wish to make notes on (like people’s names!), and scan the picture through the marked-up Sketch – thus identifying folks in the picture. It works great – making identifying photos while in your relatives’ homes easier than ever. Years ago, my friend, Pat Richley (DearMyrtle), pointed out to me that she uses two Sketches – one that she’s scanning, and another that she’s having her relatives doing the writing on, thus speeding up the process. Pat reminded me of this when we visited with her on our Alaska Cruise in September. The Sketch comes 3 wet-erase pens in the initial package. Dale pointed out to me that baby-wipes work perfectly for wiping the Sketch clean between pictures.
Flip-Pal also has a unique scanner cleaning cloth that I absolutely love! Costing only $4.99, the cloth can be used for a number of uses. Not only can you clean the fingerprints, smudges, and dust from your scanner, but the dense-knit cloth can be used as a dark background when placed over 3D objects (medals, coins, jewelry, etc.) for scanning.
Three other innovations are software collections put together on DVD for the Flip-Pal, and available only with the purchase of a Flip-Pal mobile scanner. A DVD product available is the Flip-Pal Craft Edition 2.2 software which runs on any PC running WindowsXP, or higher. The package includes PaperPlus X8; Photostack; Craft Artist Professional; and FamilyTree Heritage Platinum 9; software. Another software available only with the purchase of a Flip-Pal is the Digital Suite Pro, made up of PaintShop Pro X8; EasyVideo Creator 3.0; PrintMaster Platinum; AfterShot Pro 2.0; and FileCenter Standard. The downside of this software is that it only runs on PCs.
A while back, a Flip-Pal Creativity Suite 4.0 on DVD was added to the Flip-Pal line-up. This software package includes Adobe Photoshop Elements 12. This software also helps you turn your precious photos into sensational photos. Use automated options to crop, fine tune, repair and retouch your photos, tag and share photos with your social network and quickly organize, find, view and manage all your photos and video clips. As a Mac user, I’ve been using this software on a daily basis for years – and virtually every illustration on GenealogyBlog.com has undergone manipulation with Adobe Photoshop Elements. Also included is FamilyTree Heritage (powered by Ancestral Quest), and FileCenter Standard. We have a limited number of these DVDs available for purchase with a Flip-Pal. When they’re gone, there will be no more, as Adobe has moved to an annual subscription model for Photoshop Elements. Personally, I hate annual subscriptions, and would much rather own my software. Note that the PhotoShop Elements on this DVD runs on both Mac and PCs. The other two softwares only run on PCs.
The Flip-Pal has been approved for use not only in the Library of Congress, but in many libraries and archives worldwide. It’s gentle on documents, as it’s very light, and you do not move it across a document. And speaking of light, very little is used in the scanning process – thus protecting those precious old documents. Items that could not be photocopied can be scanned with the Flip-Pal.
Family Roots Publishing stocks Flip-Pals – and ships them on a daily basis. The Flip-Pal unit itself sells for under $180, while the units with the additional softwares are 20 to 60 dollars more.
As I noted above, Family Roots Publishing is now offering our Genealogy Newsline, and GenealogyBlog readers, and customers a great deal. Buy any Flip-Pal mobile scanner and we’ll throw in:
- A copy of the Dating Old Photographs CD-ROM (Value $12.95)
Buy a Flip-Pal mobile scanner with Creativity Suite 4.4 and we’ll also throw in:
To get the free stuff with the purchase of a basic Flip-Pal the Flip-Pal with the Craft Edition 2.2 DVD; or the Flip-Pal with the Digital Suite Pro DVD, just type the word “Dating” in the “Order Notes” box at checkout (not the “Offer Code” box).
To get ALL THE FREE STUFF, purchase a Flip-Pal mobile scanner with Creativity Suite 4.0, typing the word “PhotoShop” in the “Order Notes” box at checkout (not the “Offer Code” box).
Note that we have a very limited number of these DVDs available, so order ASAP.
Don’t order the free items, unless you want additional copies, as you’ll automatically get them with your purchase.
The above offer ends at Midnight PST, December 1 – so order your Flip-Pal mobile scanner today!
As a user myself, I highly recommend that you add on the following items when purchasing a Flip-Pal
