On 7/5/11 1:23 PM, arcarlini at
iee.org wrote:
That ScanPro boasts a capture time of ~one second for
a frame. It
doesn't explicitly say that you can load a fiche, hit a button and
come back later to find a complete PDF, so I assume that you can't.
That would mean maybe 10-15 minutes to manually scan a full fiche.
Probably reasonable for the occasional manual; probably not feasible
for the amount of fiche I have on hand.
it is better than the device they used to sell, which was just a scanner
bolted into a fiche reader, but it is totally manual positioning
There must be fully automated systems around (since
the scanning
services
offer quick turnaround times) but I assume that they cost somewhat more.
uh huh..
Anyone know what today's
top-of-the-line automated scanner might be so I can keep my eyes open
Mekel, but make sure it comes with the scanning software, which costs
as much as the ScanPro.
A first generation Mekel cost me 15K about 7 years ago. The seller didn't
bother to tell me the fiche auto-loader had been removed. Fortunately, you
can work around it being missing.
Even with step and repeat, it takes a long time to grind through sheets of
DEC 48x pages. The frames are very closely packed and they did stupid things
like intermix page sizes to step and repeat screws up.
To be honest, if you're doing DEC fiche, just get a service bureau to scan
it. This assumes you can find someone competent to handle scanning it correctly.