> > It worries me (a lot) that you'd throw anything out after
> scanning it,
> > considering that that paper version is easier to read and
> will last a
> > lot longer than any scanned version...
>
> He can always print it out once it's been scanned... ;-)
He could sell or give away the paper version once it's been
scanned (although slicing it to bits may make this harder and
not slicing it to bits means the scanning takes longer). I guess
selling it might be sufficient motive to take longer over the
scanning and not slice a manual.
Certainly for the stapled manuals, I always removed staples,
scanned and restored the manual. This also worked for centre
stapled booklets, since I had acess to a sheet fed scanner
that could do 11x17. The postprocessing required to produce
a scan in the original form was minimal.
I did pull some things apart, but only if they had significantly
deteriorated already.
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini_at_iee.org
Received on Thu Jul 24 2003 - 12:44:01 BST