| kgwanchos |
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| 16/07/2008 11:45 |
There must be a bulk paper photo scanner by now !!?? any one know ?
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Just done a google search and searched this forum but there still seems to be no product available for bulk scanning that massive box of old paper photos in the loft. Anyone got any ideas ??
| PeatSmoke |
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| 16/07/2008 11:51 |
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Just done a google search and searched this forum but there still seems to be no product available for bulk scanning that massive box of old paper photos in the loft. Anyone got any ideas ??
Try searching again for continuous feed scanner...
HTH
Dave
| Fen |
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| 16/07/2008 11:53 |
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There are scanners that scan multiple sheets, but they aren't any good for scanning photographs.
Most of them drive the path through a curving path to the scanner and then out into a try after scanning.
This would damage any old photographs. The best way if you have access to one is to use a A3 scanner and scan several photos at once.
| PeatSmoke |
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| 16/07/2008 11:57 |
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The best way if you have access to one is to use a A3 scanner and scan several photos at once.
Now that's a brilliant idea, I wish I'd thought of it before!!!
Thanks Fen
Regards
Dave
| kgwanchos |
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| 16/07/2008 12:25 |
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Ok searching with continuous feed I found this which sounds near perfect but appears to be discontinued already !
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006TVTGE/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
will keep looking...
| Fen |
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| 16/07/2008 12:32 |
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Trust me. They don't work.
I do this sort of thing for a living and have researched/tested various different continuous feed scanners and not found a single one that would work with different old photographs.
| LargeFormat |
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| 16/07/2008 12:52 |
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I have an Epson 1640SU with sheet feeder. I run a paperless office so I scan everything that comes in. If it is something like a photograph I just lift the hinged paper feed and put the photograph on the glass in the normal way. The switch from sheet feeder to single sheet is made automatically when it "knows" that there is something in the feeder.
However, the sheet feeder is very fussy, even staple holes, (one does of course remove staples) can upset it so it's often easier to feed single sheets.
| PeatSmoke |
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| 16/07/2008 13:26 |
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Trust me. They don't work.
I do this sort of thing for a living and have researched/tested various different continuous feed scanners and not found a single one that would work with different old photographs.
I was just adding the following text a while back when I guess the hamster fell out of the wheel:
BTW Ther are SOME flatbed continuous feed scanners, I used to buy them when we switched from OMR to OCR for data collection but, as I said, they aren't cheap. The A3 option is likely to be a better bet.
But again, the OP should take note of Frn's comments relating to their use for photographs, my application was for OCR.
Again, I HTH
| designboy |
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| 16/07/2008 19:51 |
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we have a minolta digital press in the studio - its great for that type of thing, bung in 50 odd shaped pics in the feed and bang, all saved into a ftp folder avalable in the network - it max's out at 600 dpi in adobe rgb. But does the trick. Never ever skips btw. I think we paid £35,000 for it lol. But it makes me think that most new copiers have the same ability - go to a university and test that out?