26 Apr
2005
26 Apr
'05
5:38 a.m.
Kevin said
Get a scanner that has the capability of scanning
slides.
(Many epson can do this, esp. the Perfection series).
I went back through this thread to see if anyone mentioned this series of
Epson scanners. My model is the Perfection 4870 and I think the current
equivalent is the 4990. They have a full width moving light source in the
lid with a 10x8 scanning area for transparencies (scans a batch of 25 x 35mm
frames unattended) and will do 4800x9600 (optical) if you need it.
I have not scanned fiche, but I have scanned 8mm home movie film frames and
the results are remarkable. If it can handle that, then B&W fiche should be
doable (and faster), and you could batch up quite a few them to scan at
once.
Comes with Abbyy FineReader OCR software which handles just about everything
I have given it - maybe fiche text as well?
Phil