Microfiche scanning

[Pete Turnbull]

On Apr 21 2005, 10:49, Jules Richardson wrote:
>
> Am I right in thinking that a home flatbed scanner has absolutely no
> hope of providing the resolution needed to scan microfiche?
>
> We've got a *lot* of DEC documentation arrived on fiche (208 pages
per
> fiche, estimated 25000 sheets) and scanning some of the more useful
bits
> would be nice. So far the cost from commercial companies has either
been
> too high or the quality has been far too low to actually be useful
:-(

Sadly, you'll find normal scanners all have the "too low resolution"
problem to handle fiche.  You'll also find a lot of variation in DEC
fiche quality.

Have you got much XXDP fiche?

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York