Gooijen H sez...
>
> Get access to an Oc? 3165 with the scan2file option, or
> the newer model called DPS100. The machines scan at 52
> A4-sized pages per minute at 600 dpi resolution.
> A3-sized runs at 23-26 pages/minute AFAIK.
> The output can be selected: either (multi-page) TIFF,
> or PDF, but the PDF files are *large* because they are
> TIFF with a PDF wrapper.
> Acrobat would make those big TIFF files a lot smaller in
> size, but then with CD-ROMs available, size only matters
> if you need to download from the 'Net.
>
> I could scan them to a number of PDF's described above,
> but you need to ship the doc to The Netherlands, and pay
> for the return shipment, if you want them back. And you do!
> I am only interested in PDP-11. If I start collecting -8's,
> I will definately run out of space as many of us, fighting
> the never-ending battle for more space.
I've solved the problem, or more correctly, Al Kossow has
solved the problem. I scanned them with 400 DPI TIFF at
the local copy shop, and Al was able to trim and rotate them
and convert them to a PDF. So that's all taken care of :-)
http://www.parse.com/~pdp8/pdp8i/drawings.html
has the scans...
[Thanks to all who replied]
Cheers,
-RK
>
> - Henk.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Krten [mailto:root_at_parse.com]
> > Sent: donderdag 10 juli 2003 3:00
> > To: cctech_at_classiccmp.org
> > Subject: TIFF to PDF (slightly OT, but for a good cause :-))
> >
> >
> > I have the chance to pay some money and get my 17x22" PDP-8/I
> > schematics
> > scanned, but they only offer TIFF output. These will be
> > scanned in 400 DPI
> > mode and put on the web. These are a newer revision than the
> > ones posted
> > on the web.
> >
> > What I'd *really* like to do is convert them from TIFF to PDF
> > and bind them
> > into multi-page PDFs instead of the one-per-page TIFF files
> > that I'll get
> > from the scanning house.
> >
> > Any volunteers? Suggestions for *free* software than runs on
> > FreeBSD or, worst
> > case, Windoze?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -RK
> >
> > --
> > Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices +1 613 599 8316.
> > Realtime Systems Architecture, Consulting and Training at
> www.parse.com
> Looking for Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-1 through PDP-15 minicomputers!
>
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Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices +1 613 599 8316.
Realtime Systems Architecture, Consulting and Training at www.parse.com
Looking for Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-1 through PDP-15 minicomputers!
Received on Mon Jul 21 2003 - 13:11:48 BST