31 Aug
2006
31 Aug
'06
3:25 p.m.
And thusly were the wise words spake by Don
But even if you didn't use the ADF to scan the pages,
it is much easier and you get a better scan from a sheet of
paper then a page directly from a magazine - no "curl" near
where the spine is...
I have a pile of old "Micro Users" 1983-1996 (BBC Micro - UK) that I am
trying to scan, sometime in 1984 they changed to a spine format.
The spine format makes the magazine impossible to scan without removing the
spine first.
Although, a common magazine, I am loathed to destroy them.
I had an idea, I haven't had any time to try it out yet, though...
Why not use a digital camera on a tripod with the magazine pages at 45
degrees held open with a plate of glass to hold it down and take pictures
through the glass with a cable release (lighting would be an issue, might
need a polarizing filter for the glass reflection, if there is any), rotate
the camera (or use two) to take the other page etc. You could also make some
kind of hinged glass 'V' shaped glass to come down over the magazine or book
to make handling the magazine easier. I've got a free w/e so I might try and
scan in some more Micro Users using this technique.
Dave ;)
maynard at jmg.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have recently come upon a collection of Byte Magazines from
> 1976 through to about 1986. It is not complete, that is I do not
> have every issue across that time span. But the
collection is pretty
comprehensive.
>
> I have a scanner with an auto document feeder. I'd
like to scan
this
material in and post it online as a collection of jpgs.
However, to do this well would require destroying the bindings of
each magazine in order to get a completely flat scan of each page.
Before you commit to destroying one or more bindings TO ACCOMMODATE
YOUR ADF, you might consider taking a *similar* magazine and
"processing it" first. Your ADF might not be kind to the pages
(magazines are printed on "different" paper than you would find in,
e.g., a textbook).