Sheet-feed scanners

From: Dave <d-gordon_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon Dec 15 15:09:08 2003

      Thanks for your reply on a subject that I have an interest in :-). I
have some books that I use in my work that I would like to scan (for
personal use) to put on my laptop, to make it more convenient to carry
around. I have about 20,000 pages that I would like to do eventually. Here
is my question. I am trying to figure out what would be the cheapest way to
get them scanned or to do them myself. I don't mind buying a scanner. I
already have a very fast computer. So....what I would like to know is what
type of scanner should I buy or rent to do the job and what software do I
need. I have all the Adobe Acrobat stuff already. I called one company and
they gave me an extremely high price to so the scanning for me, and insisted
that I tear all the pages out of my books, so they can be fed into the auto
scanner. I prefer not to do that. What I need is a fast scanner where I
could do several hundred pages at a time, each day until I'm done if it will
save me a ton of money. They wanted something like $.08/page. I figure
that I can buy a nice scanner much cheaper than paying all that money to
have my stuff scanned ($1,700.00). What would you recommend, please?

Thanks,

-Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Al Kossow
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 12:40 PM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Sheet-feed scanners
>
>
>
> what do people
> recommend for scanning in terms of resolution, format etc?
>
> --
>
> 400 - 600 dpi b&w Group 4 FAX encoded TIFFs
> these can be converted simply to pdf's with Eric Smith's
> "tumble" program.
>
> I've scanned 1 million + pages with this encoding using
> a Ricoh IS520 double-sided 30ppm scanner at 400dpi. All
> of the documents at bitsavers.com/pdf are processed this
> way now.
>
> Pages with graphics are scanned as 100-200dpi JPEGS but
> normally the text requires a bit of contrast enhancement
> on these pages. tumble handles mixed JPEG and TIFF
> documents.
Received on Mon Dec 15 2003 - 15:09:08 GMT