Sheet-feed scanners

From: Classic Computers <classiccmp_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Mon Dec 15 22:15:52 2003

I've done some scanning that Al has found acceptable using an HP 6390c with
Automatic
Document Feeder. It's much slower than Al's, but several hundred pages a
day is certainly
doable. I use PaperPort Deluxe 9 on Windows 2000 with the HP scanning
software to go
directly to PDF file format. You can directly touch up the PDF files using
PaperPort.
The only thing I haven't been able to do is insert page numbers like Al
does.

It sounds like you don't even need the Automatic Document Feeder, if you are
going to
be doing books manually. Several hundred pages a day manually will probably
wear you
out, especially if you really want to do 20,000 pages (100 days?).

The scanner cost $25 on eBay, but it was a gamble; a more realistic cost
there is $125.
PaperPort Deluxe 9 costs about $90, I think.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces_at_classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Dave
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 12:09 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Cc: aek_at_spies.com
Subject: RE: Sheet-feed scanners

      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.
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