[mdlug] Scanning help

[Garry Stahl]

Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> Garry Stahl 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.  (Most ofthe flat bed scanners in copy ships are 17" x 11".
>>     
>  
>
> You're not paying for the labor, you're paying for time on 
> the low-production run (and hence, expensive to make) scanner.
>
>   
>> I need 300 dpi, PNG preferred JEPG will do.
>>
>> Does anyone have access to a color scanner than can do the job?
>>
>>     
>
> Can it be done in parts?
> Brother has some all-in-one machines that are VERY well supported
> under Linux(*) and can do in in two parts.  I think they're
> something like 34x17.  The downside it the cost is $300, the
> good side is you can probably turn around and resell it for
> less difference in cost than what Kinko's will charge you. 
>
>
> (*) they provide the drivers needed, plus very good
> instructions on the web that actually work perfectly after I got
> frustrated and actually I bothered to read them)
>
> I've been thinking of buying one as soon as I can scrape
> up the money.
>   

300 dollars for a 34x17 scanner?  That would be worht the price.

 I have an HP Color laserJet printer is not a problem. 

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