4:14 p.m.
The question
is: What do I now own?
<grin>
Google says $85K in 1996, very well-reviewed?
Up to 400 dpi, 2,000 frames/hour? Yee-haw! 
4:37 p.m.
On Wed, 8 May 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
My guess is that the 400 dpi resolution is after enlargement. According to
the first Google hit, the 460XL supports 20:1 and 24:1.
Does 400 dpi seem adequate for most printed matter?
-Toth
Google says
$85K in 1996, very well-reviewed?
Up to 400 dpi, 2,000 frames/hour? Yee-haw!
400 dpi does not sound at all adequate. If we were to assume that the
microfiche were to be 1/10 (linear) the size of original paper (.85" x
1.1"), then we would want 10 times the resolution (linear) per inch
that we would want for original paper. Therefore, if the microfiche
were to be 1/10 (linear) the size of paper (approx 1" square per
frame), then that would be like scanning pieces of paper at 40 dpi.
Anybody know offhand what the conventional sizes are for microfiche?
(it's certainly less than 1" for the height of a frame!)
9 May
9 May
9:23 a.m.
Google says $85K in 1996, very well-reviewed?
Up to 400 dpi, 2,000 frames/hour? Yee-haw!
400 dpi does not sound at all
adequate. If we were to assume that the Does 400 dpi seem adequate for most printed matter?
For most stuff that I would want to do, 400 * 20 would be fine.
8 May
8 May
7:52 p.m.
It is actually 200-400 equivalent dpi depending on the magnification
required for the fiche. I haven't found any documentation on the 460,
but the newer versions ($75k) use a 4000 or so linear CCD and scan
the fiche in strips. The strips are stitched together in software,
and the individual images are cut out. This is a production scanner
as compared to the Canon MS3000 where the operator lines up a single
image and presses the scan button.
I'm so excited I can barely wait for it to appear upon my doorstep :)
clint
On Wed, 8 May 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
400 dpi does not sound at all adequate. If we were to assume that the
microfiche were to be 1/10 (linear) the size of original paper (.85" x
1.1"), then we would want 10 times the resolution (linear) per inch that
we would want for original paper. Therefore, if the microfiche were to be
1/10 (linear) the size of paper (approx 1" square per frame), then that
would be like scanning pieces of paper at 40 dpi. Anybody know offhand
what the conventional sizes are for microfiche? (it's certainly less than
1" for the height of a frame!)
When will you start scanning fiche for a fee?
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
The question is: What do I now own?
<grin>
Google says $85K in 1996, very well-reviewed?
Up to 400 dpi, 2,000 frames/hour? Yee-haw!
4:33 p.m.
On Wed, 8 May 2002, John Foust wrote:
At 05:44 PM 5/8/2002 -0600, you wrote:
Well, probably $85k when you include the Pentium 90 computer, the
(expensive) imaging software, integration with their documentation
management system, and a support contract. IIRC, in '96, a P90 with 16MB
of RAM wasn't all that inexpensive either...
-Toth
The question is: What do I now own?
<grin>
Google says $85K in 1996, very well-reviewed?
Up to 400 dpi, 2,000 frames/hour? Yee-haw!
4:19 p.m.
On Wed, 8 May 2002, Clint Wolff (VAX collector) wrote:
The question is: What do I now own?
<grin>
The question is: where are you located, and when can you start scanning
*piles* of fiche? :)
I'll publicly volunteer to scan fiche for anyone on the list if someone
can provide the equipment.
-Toth
7:58 p.m.
I'm in Denver, CO. Once I finish scanning my 4 feet of DEC fiche,
I'll either resell it ($5k min, what I'll have in it), or scan
other classic fiche for a nominal fee. I'm not planning on
starting a fiche scanning business. I'd have to charge a much
larger fee to hire someone to operate it....
Clint
On Wed, 8 May 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
On Wed, 8 May 2002, Clint Wolff (VAX collector)
wrote:
The question is: What do I now own?
<grin>
The question is: where are you located, and when can you start scanning
*piles* of fiche? :)
I'll publicly volunteer to scan fiche for anyone on the list if someone
can provide the equipment.
-Toth
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