The answer is: Mekel 460XL Microfiche scanner

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Thu May 9 13:23:44 2002

> > > Google says $85K in 1996, very well-reviewed?
> > > Up to 400 dpi, 2,000 frames/hour? Yee-haw!
> > 400 dpi does not sound at all adequate. If we were to assume that the
>
> My guess is that the 400 dpi resolution is after enlargement. According to
> the first Google hit, the 460XL supports 20:1 and 24:1.

Ah! That's better.
Why don't they just spec it at the resolution that it DOES? (~8000?)
"projected", "equivalent to" resolution is fine for describing what it
does, but only obscures the actual specifications.

> Does 400 dpi seem adequate for most printed matter?
For most stuff that I would want to do, 400 * 20 would be fine.
Received on Thu May 09 2002 - 13:23:44 BST