21 Nov
2001
21 Nov
'01
11:04 p.m.
Hi,
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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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.