Microfiche scanning

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, James Fogg wrote:

> > We do have what looks to be a reader with integral printer,
> > which is an interesting beastie - but it all looks rather
> > battered and rusty (maybe it sat outside at some point in its
> > life). I don't hold out much hope of it working again...
>
> These are incredibly common, most libraries will have them. The printing
> process is either mimeo (alcohol) or the diazo process used for
> blueprints (ammonia). I have only seen one that used a toner type
> photostat process.

I've got a nice laser printing fiche reader.  I've never tested it though.
These can be found (but not easily) on the second-hand market fairly
cheap.

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