Preserving old literature

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Fri Nov 23 14:55:06 2001

>
> Matt London <classiccmp_at_knm.yi.org> wrote:
> > 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
>
> I once disassembled my scanner to investigate the
> possibility of removing the entire "plastic edges
> of the scanner" all the way to the edge of the
> scan area.(Hoping to be able to scan old books
> only open to a 90 degree angle.)
> It looked like a good idea because the outside
> track is inside the scan area. Unfortunately
> after I got the scanner apart, I discovered that
> the xenon(or whatever) tube not only does not light
> all the way to it's end, but it also has an
> electrode at the end. It just sticks out too far
> and has to extend past the edge of the scan area
> in order to illuminate the whole area.

Check out www.bookscanner.com if you havent already. They modify a scanner
in the method similar to what you describe.

-Lawrence LeMay
Received on Fri Nov 23 2001 - 14:55:06 GMT