I couldn't find anything on photo negative scanners, but with a diligent
search, who knows? I'm sure they are less costly than high-resolution
scanners, and large-format scanners, and, since the photo-neg scanners are
intended for handling small negatives, they probably yield high enough
resolution to be useful. You might get more than one of the -.15 x 0.2"
images in a single pass, but these guys produce on the order of 100-200
lines per mm. That might get you into the ballpark.
The trick of farming the work out seems like the best solution, however. at
7 cents per sheet, reduced to a TIFF on a CD, it's all ready for archival,
provided you give appropriate instructions.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: Scanning microfiche
> Clint Wolff wrote:
> > I am looking into the same problem, and the only solution I have
> > found that seems reasonable is a microfiche scanner. You can get
> > a used Minolta MS-1000 (not Y2K compliant) with a proprietary
> > PC interface card for ~$2000 (US$). A new MS-2000 with a SCSI
> > interface has a retail price of ~$6000.
>
> I found MS 2000 info here:
>
http://www.minoltausa.com/mainframe.asp?productID=343&whichProductSection=1&
whichSection=3
>
> The more expensive Canon that I mentioned in a previous post will do 600
DPI
> and it can handle B-size (11x17 inch effective) documents, useful for
> maintenance prints, but otherwise it seems similar.
>
> I might suggest that several of us get together to buy a Canon, but that
> probably is only sensible for some of us in the same geographic area.
> Anyone else in Silly Valley interested?
>
>
Received on Sat Jul 29 2000 - 13:01:05 BST