Microfiche scanning

[Jim Leonard]

Pete Turnbull wrote:
> Um, your maths is off.  Assuming 150 dpi is the minimum acceptable for
> well-printed text (and some DEC fiche is anything but), and a page is
> 8" wide, you need 1200 dots per page width.  A page width on the fiche
> you describe is 6/16 inches, so you need 16/6 * 1200 dots per inch,
> which is 3192 dpi.

My apologies.  Still, 4800 optical scanners are $600 or less, so I still 
consider it possible.
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