22 Nov
2001
22 Nov
'01
10:30 a.m.
I had a problem doing what you describe with old issues of BYTE. The trim
sizes on a lot of the old magazines left little margin, and text was almost
always cut off. General rule of thumb: The thicker the magazine, the more
likely the publisher trimmed the width and height. Some BYTEs and 80 Micros
weighed nearly 2 pounds, and the publishers were desperate to get that down
to save shipping and paper costs.
--Mike
Michael Nadeau
Editorial Services
603-893-2379
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt London" <classiccmp(a)knm.yi.org>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: Preserving old literature (was: Re: Tandy 10 Info Wanted)
Hi,
> > > I don't have any duplicates, so taking them apart in such a way that
ruins
> > > them isn't an option for me. I
guess I need to find an expert on
book
> > > binding and see what they can come up
with. Maybe there is a special
> > > scanner out there that was made for doing this kind of thing?
> >
> > Aren't the copy machines you find in the libraries designed to copy
> > pages in a book without breaking it's spine/back. Just makes copies at
> > the library, then scan the copies.
>
> The copy machines the local library here has are standard units. They
also
> charge 10-15 cents a page, and are very much in
need of an overhaul and
> cleaning (very poor copies). I have a very old 3 pass HP scanner that
may
be ok for
scanning this stuff, but I'm not sure yet. The spines of these
old magazines are much thinner and much more brittle then those found in
most paperback books.
I've found that hanging one edge of the magazine over the side of the
scanner works - you have to put the scanner on something thin and tall, so
the whole side of the magazine droops down - the only problem then is the
width of the plastic edges of the scanner surface/sides of scanner
-- Matt
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