[mdlug] Scanning help

[Raymond McLaughlin]

Robert Citek wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Garry Stahl <tesral at wowway.com> wrote:
>> Help!  I have 18 very old sheets of paper in the size of 18" x 12" I
>> need scanned.  Kinkos wanted over 200 dollars to do what is at most 20
>> minutes work.  Most places do not have scanners that can handle the
>> paper size.
> 
> Scanners that size are more than an order of magnitude more expensive
> than your "normal" scanner.  They are probably trying to recoup their
> investment.
> 
>> (Most of the flat bed scanners in copy ships are 17" x 11".
>>
>> I need 300 dpi, PNG preferred JEPG will do.
>>
>> Does anyone have access to a color scanner than can do the job?
> 
> Any chance of doing 4 overlapping scans of each page and then
> stitching the images together[1,2]?  You could then use a standard
> 8.5"x11" flatbed scanner.

Actually, some 8.5"x 11" scanners will go to 9"x12", so turned sideways
you might get away with 2 overlapping scans.

> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_stitching
> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_photo_stitching_applications_(software)