11 Jun
2006
11 Jun
'06
5:05 p.m.
At 9:54 AM -0700 6/11/06, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Anyone remember the days of the "hand
scanners" with their 4-or-inch wide
scanning head? To scan a page, you made two passes, then used software to
join the halves. Nasty business--but I think I actually have one of the
little buggers if anyone wants one for their collection.
Ugh! Don't remind me, I bought one, as well as a jig to help you do
a "better" job of scanning. Not only did you have to "try" to move
the scanner across the paper at the same speed, but you had to keep
it in a straight line.
To make matters worse, I made one scan, then set it aside, by the
time I went to use it again a few months later, it was dead.
Zane
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