[Coco] List of copied manuals ready to be scanned

[Bob Devries]

Hmm, looks like the Microtek i800 is the way to go for foolscap scanning. It 
has an 8" x 14" scanning bed, and is still sub A$1000.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew" <keeper63 at cox.net>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 12:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] List of copied manuals ready to be scanned



>> Message: 6

>> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:16:01 +0200

>> From: "Fedor Steeman" <petrander at gmail.com>

>> Subject: Re: [Coco] List of copied manuals ready to be scanned

>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>

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>>

>> Great!

>>

>> I will start throwing stuff to recycling that have already been scanned 

>> in

>> (except originals of course) and take them off my list.

>>

>> I also have a bunch of newsletters from the former Dutch CoCo user group,

>> "CoCoNut". These are a bit trickier to scan in, because of the format; 

>> they

>> are two-sided, A5-sized and stapled on the back. I could of course cut 

>> the

>> back over and put them on the document feeder, but I would still need to 

>> use

>> time to shuffle all the pages on the right positions. I would also 

>> destroy

>> the originals in doing so. I will see about this. I may also have an 

>> issue

>> or two from the European OS-9 user group as initiated by Peter Tutelaers

>> (not the same as EFFO I think).

>

> Boy, all this new stuff coming out of hidy-holes and I just purchased the 

> CoCoDVD collection - will I ever catch up?

>

> Fedor, if you have something unique like that, don't destroy it 

> physically - destroy it digitally! In other words, scan, cut, paste, 

> stitch, etc in Photochop (or Gimp, or whatever your preference is) - A5 is 

> a weird size (do they they even make scanners for that?).

>

> If you are going to have to go through a lot of trouble for a scan, you 

> might as well do it on the computer instead of physically. Yes, this will 

> be a very painful thing to go through, and it won't be exact (impossible 

> to get the alignment perfect, without using some kind of external frame). 

> But you can get it really close with some time and effort. Just make sure 

> you scan at a very high resolution (I would imagine offsets would be 

> easier to hide at a higher res - I may be wrong), then once you have the 

> document reassembled in your editing program, reduce it down to something 

> reasonable for the "final" (although, in today's world, keeping it 

> original size shouldn't be a big deal, except for those still on modems).

>

> Well - good luck! I can't wait to see your contributions!

>

> -- Andrew L Ayers

>    Glendale, Arizona

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