Hi,
> > > I don't have any duplicates, so taking them apart in such a way that ruins
> > > them isn't an option for me. I guess I need to find an expert on book
> > > binding and see what they can come up with. Maybe there is a special
> > > scanner out there that was made for doing this kind of thing?
> >
> > Aren't the copy machines you find in the libraries designed to copy
> > pages in a book without breaking it's spine/back. Just makes copies at
> > the library, then scan the copies.
>
> The copy machines the local library here has are standard units. They also
> charge 10-15 cents a page, and are very much in need of an overhaul and
> cleaning (very poor copies). I have a very old 3 pass HP scanner that may
> be ok for scanning this stuff, but I'm not sure yet. The spines of these
> old magazines are much thinner and much more brittle then those found in
> most paperback books.
I've found that hanging one edge of the magazine over the side of the
scanner works - you have to put the scanner on something thin and tall, so
the whole side of the magazine droops down - the only problem then is the
width of the plastic edges of the scanner surface/sides of scanner
-- Matt
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