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 | | From: | Jon Noring | | Subject: | Need access NOW to high-quality book scanner -- Salt Lake City | | Date: | Mon, 03 Jan 2005 16:29:58 GMT |
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 | Hello,
I'm posting this to several forums where someone here who has the
right connections in the Salt Lake City area may have the help I need.
It's a long-shot, but one never knows...
I have two quite old books (considered classics on typography and the
readability of type) on loan from a friend which I need to return
within a few days. I want to do high quality gray-scale scans of both
books (probably at 600 dpi -- they contain a few b&w photographs). One
book has 208 pages and the page size is 5x7"; the other book has 325
pages and the page size is 5.5x8".
One problem is that I need access to a book scanner which is very
gentle on the bindings. A flat bed scanner won't do (even the ones
where the glass is near the side so the book can hang off.) There are
professional-grade scanners built for this purpose. I'll be happy to
tend to the scanning process. Being short on funds, but long on
elbow grease, I can't spend much on this project, but can devote
some time/labor.
Besides "connections", any ideas you have to help me search locally
for what I need will be most appreciated.
Thanks!
Jon Noring
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| | From: | degrub | | Subject: | Re: Need access NOW to high-quality book scanner -- Salt Lake City | | Date: | Tue, 04 Jan 2005 03:07:02 GMT |
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| Have you asked the LDS geneology group in SLC ?
Jon Noring wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm posting this to several forums where someone here who has the
> right connections in the Salt Lake City area may have the help I need.
> It's a long-shot, but one never knows...
>
> I have two quite old books (considered classics on typography and the
> readability of type) on loan from a friend which I need to return
> within a few days. I want to do high quality gray-scale scans of both
> books (probably at 600 dpi -- they contain a few b&w photographs). One
> book has 208 pages and the page size is 5x7"; the other book has 325
> pages and the page size is 5.5x8".
>
> One problem is that I need access to a book scanner which is very
> gentle on the bindings. A flat bed scanner won't do (even the ones
> where the glass is near the side so the book can hang off.) There are
> professional-grade scanners built for this purpose. I'll be happy to
> tend to the scanning process. Being short on funds, but long on
> elbow grease, I can't spend much on this project, but can devote
> some time/labor.
>
> Besides "connections", any ideas you have to help me search locally
> for what I need will be most appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jon Noring
>
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| | From: | Mike Russell | | Subject: | Re: Need access NOW to high-quality book scanner -- Salt Lake City | | Date: | Wed, 05 Jan 2005 21:01:29 GMT |
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| Jon Noring wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm posting this to several forums where someone here who has the
> right connections in the Salt Lake City area may have the help I need.
> It's a long-shot, but one never knows...
>
> I have two quite old books (considered classics on typography and the
> readability of type) on loan from a friend which I need to return
> within a few days. I want to do high quality gray-scale scans of both
> books (probably at 600 dpi -- they contain a few b&w photographs). One
> book has 208 pages and the page size is 5x7"; the other book has 325
> pages and the page size is 5.5x8".
>
> One problem is that I need access to a book scanner which is very
> gentle on the bindings. A flat bed scanner won't do (even the ones
> where the glass is near the side so the book can hang off.) There are
> professional-grade scanners built for this purpose. I'll be happy to
> tend to the scanning process. Being short on funds, but long on
> elbow grease, I can't spend much on this project, but can devote
> some time/labor.
>
> Besides "connections", any ideas you have to help me search locally
> for what I need will be most appreciated.
Consider using a digital camera. Set up a copy stand, and light the book
evenly, and fire away. This will involve very little contact with the
pages, and will be much faster than scanning. If you don't have a camera,
you may be able to rent one, or even purchase a new 8 megapixel camera for
the cost of the scanning..
FYI, here are samples of a phone book done some time ago with a 3 megapixel
camera. The technology is much better now.
http://geigy.2y.net/Tutorials/CameraAsCopier/CopyingDocuments.html
--
Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com
www.geigy.2y.net
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