Digitising collections of microfiche - Re: Looking for opinions...

[emanuel stiebler]

On 2018-03-29 14:50, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:

> I would, of course, play with doing a few frames manually.
> At least to get any idea of what SIZE the whole thing will need to be.
> But, once that's working acceptably, a good mechanical system is
> essential.  There are SO many cards to scan that an auto-loader becomes
> worthwhile.  Otherwise, you are looking at MONTHS to scan a few hundred
> cards.

Just as we talk about scanning hundreds of them. How do you guys clean
the fiche before scanning? Some of mine spent some life in garages,
boxes wherever, and definitely have dust & dirt on them ...