IPad workaround: Printing a photo in letter size
I love my iPad, for all the reasons that any genealogist using one can name. But one task has frustrated the daylights out of me. I'd take a screenshot of a document or site. Or I'd have a photo of a document that I shot at a courthouse. And I'd want to print it. But I don't want a 4x6 print of a 8.5 x 11 document and as yet there's no way to change the default paper size. One workaround was to copy the photo, paste it into Pages, enlarge it, and then print.
There's a quicker way: use Scanner Pro as a photo printer.
After taking the screenshot or photo, open Scanner Pro, select 'photo' rather than 'camera' and then pick the image you want from "My camera." Scanner pro converts it to black and white (if so desired), and cleans it up. You can crop the image if you want. Then simply select print, and voila! A very clean letter size copy.
(I have to mention that what Scanner Pro will do to an old, discolored, faint record is amazing. I have a 200 year old will written faintly on blue paper. Scanner Pro converted it to black and white, enhanced the contrast, and made it 1000% more legible.)
Scanner Pro is a paid app, but it is probably one of my top apps for genealogy (the others include Evernote and Dropbox.)
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