VT131 needs keyboard help

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Thu Jan 31 13:14:46 2002

On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, David Woyciesjes wrote:
> > From: Tothwolf
>
> > It's not possible to scan fiche directly (or so I've been told/shown). You
> > first have to use a fiche printer (not cheap), then scan the paper copy. I
> > may end up buying a fiche printer later this year if things work out. I
> > had planned to buy one by mid this year, but looks like I won't be able
> > to.
>
> How about using something like a (photograph) slide scanner type
> setup? I would say just try it. Maybe you would have to do a quick
> tweak in PhotoShop, but that would probably be easier than printing
> first.

Well, the problem is that a scanner does not have enough resolution to
scan the reduced microfiche images. The only way to get a good print is to
optically enlarge them (which is part of the printing process), then scan
the enlarged version.

-Toth
Received on Thu Jan 31 2002 - 13:14:46 GMT