Sheet-feed scanners

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Tue Dec 16 02:03:52 2003

Well both of the model numbers mentioned in this thread (Ricoh 520 and
HP 6390c) are no longer available, though I suppose I might find used
(vintage? :-)

It really surprises me that there is no such product for < $1000.
Automatic sheet feed is the key. For manual scanning < $100 is
eeeeeeasy. It's the SHEET FEED > 25+ SHEETS that is the problem. I've
done a 18"-wide shelf of tube data books, it was a major undertaking
using a the manual page-flipping method. I've got 20' plus of stuff to
scan, all of it old enough, hand-set that it doesn't OCR.

I store stuff at 150 dpi jpeg, maybe that's not enough resolution, but
it prints out OK and reproduces detail OK.

tomj



On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 20:15, Classic Computers wrote:
> 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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