[Coco] List of copied manuals ready to be scanned

[Bob Devries]

Andrew said:
>A5  is a weird size (do they they even make scanners for that?)

Hah! Try foolscap! When the Australian version of  The Rainbow first came 
out, it was (re-) printed on foolscap paper. I have a large number of these 
in my collection, and I know of NO scanners that will do foolscap. I guess 
that a scanner of the A3 size will do it, but they don't seem to be 
available to the personal computer market.

The difference in size between the US Rainbow and the Aussie paper size was 
filled with local content! You have to see it to believe it.

As far as A5 is concerned, since that is *smaller* than the standard A4, any 
A4 scanner will scan it, even one with a document feeder.

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Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia

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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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