Look at the diy book scanning community for inspiration and make sure that the light comes at an angle that doesn't reflect in to the camera. I just found a led light fixture that pumps out as lot of light and is long as a "tube light" 1,2m (approximately 1,5 yards) //Pär
Den 11 feb. 2018 5:09 PM skrev "Zane Healy" <[email protected]>: > On Feb 11, 2018, at 6:55 AM, Dan Gahlinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have several printouts like this, > the one I was just trying to scan in is labelled "EMPIRE Version 4.0 > 18-Jan-81" > with the notice: "Please send bug reports to ELROND::EMPIRE" > This is a Vax/VMS Fortran conversion from TOPS-10/20 from sources from > around fall 1979 > It seems I only have the first 95 pages of this printout > and it's folded width-wise, making scanning more difficult, old folds are > hard to get out. > > I also have Zork (Vax/VMS) and of course several different iterations of > Trek7 (Vms) > somewhere I have a copy of Adventure (Colossal Cave) and the "Castle" game > I love so much. > > so I guess question 1: how best to get rid of the folds? my method so far: > fold them the other direction and try and fold it out, but so far not much > luck > and 2: how best to scan 100s of wide fanfold printout pages? > > I wish someone in Toronto had converted an old teletype and put a camera > on it, that would be brilliant! > > Dan. > > > The best way might be a piece of glass (to keep the paper flat), a copy > stand, and a high-MP DSLR. Lighting in that situation would be… > interesting. I’m not sure how much a polarizer on the lens would help. > One option might be to put it on a light table, but I think that would > create an interesting/unreadable mess. Actually less light might be > better, and simply go with longer exposures. > > There are graphic arts scanners that will do large pages, but in the art > reproduction world, the method above (normally minus the glass), is more > normal. You’re lucky, you’re looking to copy something that doesn’t need > to be 1200dpi or better. I know you can get up to at least 12x18 range > with a scanner. I’m currently looking for either one of these, or ideally > a drum scanner capable of handling 11x14 negatives. Right now the only way > I have to get a digital copy of photo’s taken with my 11x14 camera, is to > photograph the prints. > > Zane > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh >
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