Has anyone ever run into a situation where the receipt is too big for your scanner? I just did a shop and the receipt is too long for my scanner. I put it on an angle and part is still cut off. My only other option is to upload it in halves which could mean I altered the receipt. TIA

I would scan it as best as you possibly can. From the bottom up as far as it would go and then from the top down as far as it would go. Once I was satisfied that I had done the best job I could scanning it I would cut it in half and scan them both together. I'd send the cut halves one in with the report but if they didn't like it I could always send in the other two when they requested it.

Thank you!

I cut them in half too. So far, so good.

I have taken a photo with my iPad and emailed a picture. I have also folded the receipt so that the relavent information is scanned. This often happens with PB and PBKids receipts. The MS company needs info on the top and bottom, but not the info in the middle. I shorten the receipt and have never been questioned.

When I get one of these I rip it in half. No, really. That way they can see that it is two halves of an whole and nobody has to wonder if any data was lost.

I always take two pictures and include both with my report. Never thought of cutting in half.

How much of the receipt is junk / advertisement? OR is the receipt too long or too wide? If the client wants specific data on the receipt then you need to know how to accommodate the receipt.

ex-------> the PO receipt is generally a long receipt. So after one has the itemized items showing, in between that and the cashier's ID is postal ads. Fold the receipt so the cashier's ID comes after the itemized total is complete. Now take a picture or scan.

ex2-------> the grocery store receipt has rewards and saving included on the receipt. Some receipts have a starting time(top of the receipt) and a finished transaction time (bottom) along with the cashier's name or ID. From the end of your transaction (itemized sales) is junk ads or rewards per shopping trip, that part can be folded or excluded from the "picture".

The Client is very much aware of what is on the receipt, so you are not trying to avoid "showing" them anything. An itemized receipt is what he wants to see-------->the store name, phone number, address, time, maybe the Cashier ID and required purchase if necessary. (How much was saved or earned is a mute point. It is on the receipt for your benefits not the clients.)

I don't know how to translate into MB, KB, or GB, but the picture I send in a report, no matter how long the original receipt is, is no bigger than a 2x3 wallet size photo.

I am not disagreeing with JPG, but this is how I do it.

This receipt has the return policy and name of the associate that rung me up on the bottom half of the receipt. Some shops I've been able to fold the garbage part of the receipt and only show the transaction part and have never had a problem doing that. This shop wants the entire receipt on full display.

Fold it in half and message them explainin what happened and offer to US Mail it if need by....this all you can reasonabley do.

Which msc was it for???

njsuburban Wrote:
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> This shop wants the entire receipt on
> full display.

Are you taking a picture of the receipt, then cropping it down to size before scanning? If so, place the entire receipt a distance away from you, and zoom in on it. Take a picture, crop and then scan------>receipt in its entirety.

You may need the receipt for a return. Sending the original receipt by mail may be against your better judgment.

Always fold, no issue yet

sojo, if you take a digital picture of the receipt, you don't need to scan it.... Just crop to original margins on all sides and send it. Not sure why someone would need to scan a digital photo since that's already in a format to be electronically sent? Or am I missing something?

nj, can't you just scan the top half, then the bottom half of the receipt separately, then just "stitch" them together, making sure to join them at the right place? And make a note on the report if there's a place to, or e-mail the schedulier to advise what you did. Then the MSC has the entire receipt all in one piece.

I always scan in two parts then photoshop them together. Never thought about the receipt being "altered" and rejected.

I put it on an angle and scanned it making the company happy. I tried taking a photo of the receipt, but since it was so long, it wasn't readable. My next step was to cut it in half put it side by side in the picture.

Originally, I only scanned the upper part of the receipt that showed the location, the items purchased and the payment. I left out the very bottom (the part too long for the scanner) which showed the return policy and the company sent it back. I knew the way I did it was iffy, but I've done it for other shops and they were happy as long as the payment, location and items were visible.

BTW, the company I'm questioning is BARE.

njsuburban Wrote:
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> Has anyone ever run into a situation where the
> receipt is too big for your scanner?


Absolutely, many times, often with the same clients.

Start by looking at your instructions. Some will tell you exactly what to do, fold over irrelevant parts, cut, etc.. If your instructions are somewhat vague but tell you what is necessary to be in the scanned image, make sure those items are present in the image you submit. When the instructions left me on my own, I have successfully cut it in half and placed them side-by-side on the scanner.


If your scanner has a document feed that takes the paper no matter how long it is - problem solved.

I'm from the "size doesn't matter" school of thought.

I'm sure there's a reason for that......

why do so many people scan their receipts.

I take pictures of the receipts as I go along throughout the day.

Also acts as a good buffer so you know which pictures are for which
shops.

I don't alter the original receipt, unless the guidelines state an allowance for that. I use accordion folds in the receipt, making sure the location, required purchase(s), and time/date stamp show.

techman01 Wrote:
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> why do so many people scan their receipts.
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For me, I find the scanning software gives me images of consistent quality better than photography. What software to do you use for photos?

Same here, plus to me it's easier to scan it than it is to take a photo and then get the photo to my PC.