29 Jul
2000
29 Jul
'00
6:01 a.m.
I couldn't find anything on photo negative scanners, but with a diligent
search, who knows? I'm sure they are less costly than high-resolution
scanners, and large-format scanners, and, since the photo-neg scanners are
intended for handling small negatives, they probably yield high enough
resolution to be useful. You might get more than one of the -.15 x 0.2"
images in a single pass, but these guys produce on the order of 100-200
lines per mm. That might get you into the ballpark.
The trick of farming the work out seems like the best solution, however. at
7 cents per sheet, reduced to a TIFF on a CD, it's all ready for archival,
provided you give appropriate instructions.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Smith <eric(a)brouhaha.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: Scanning microfiche
Clint Wolff wrote:
http://www.minoltausa.com/mainframe.asp?productID=343&whichProductSecti…
whichSection=3
I am looking into the same problem, and the only
solution I have
found that seems reasonable is a microfiche scanner. You can get
a used Minolta MS-1000 (not Y2K compliant) with a proprietary
PC interface card for ~$2000 (US$). A new MS-2000 with a SCSI
interface has a retail price of ~$6000.
I found MS 2000 info here:
The more expensive Canon that I mentioned in a previous post will do 600
DPI
and it can handle B-size (11x17 inch effective)
documents, useful for
maintenance prints, but otherwise it seems similar.
I might suggest that several of us get together to buy a Canon, but that
probably is only sensible for some of us in the same geographic area.
Anyone else in Silly Valley interested?