scanning booklets for archive

From: Patrick Rigney <patrick_at_evocative.com>
Date: Tue Jul 22 11:21:12 2003

> If I need to do this, I make a copy of the book using a copier at
> work. Many
> better copiers have a "book copy" mode where the spine is
> centered along the
> center line of the scanning bed and the copier automatically copies both
> pages. At the end, some page re-sorting has to be done, but that's it.

Yup, I do exactly the same. The copiers at the local Kinko's have cool
settings for "erasing" margins, too, which you can set to prevent any
black/gray outer edges, and get rid of the staple marks, tattered corners,
or even punch holes in the binding. I archive my new one-sided copies as
well as the originals from which they are made, so I can always go back and
rescan or whatever without further stress on the original document. FYI, my
local Kinko's, and I'm sure most of their other locations and competitors,
have large-format copiers (C, D, and even E size sheets), which are great
for those big schematics. --Patrick
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