There are companies that specialize in these machines. There are manual types in which the operator does the page turning, but everything else is handled by the machine. They can obtain speeds of 500 pages/hour and more.
http://www.atiz.com/ Robotic page turners that automate the entire process, getting speeds over 2000 pages/hour. http://www.treventus.com/bookscanner_pageturner.html -- Paul Bernhardt Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD, USA On 10/24/08 7:51 AM, "Mike Palij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:10:46 -0400, Patrick Dolan wrote: >> Michael- that would be a lot of scanning! My quick look counts >> 6 lab manuals of 100+ pages each. > > Well, I guess it depends upon what equipment and help you > have locally. Many new photocopiers allow one to scan a > document to an internal file which can be accessed by PC > if the copier is on the local area network. Even if your copier > does not have this capabilitiy, making photocopies of the > originals serves two purposes (a) if your scanner has a document > feeder, then the photcopies can be fed in as batchs, and (b) > the photocopy serve as a back-up in class something happens > to the manuals (if the manusals have any value, shouldn't there > be a back-up of them?). > > So, the equipment you have locally will determine how easy > it would be to have the manuals converted into PDFs. I assume > that either a staff member or an undergraduate could do the > photocopying/scanning (or some arrangement could be made). > The simplest but perhaps costliest is to just take the manuals > to the local Kinko's or copyshop and have them do the > conversion. Maybe a dean can be convinced of the scientific > and historical importance of doing so and provide the funds > (or have the job done within his/her office). > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
