Re: OT microfiche


"Dave Hinz" <DaveHinz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 May 2006 04:27:19 GMT, Franklin Newton
<wiredodger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Just curious, has anyone tried using a really good photo scanner (lots
of
dpi) on microfiche, then enlarging the results?

Yes. Not so good but readable:
http://www.duck-creek.net/photos/davehinz/photos/saab/2stroke/section3/
for example.

These were made at 3600 DPI on an Epson flatbed scanner with
transparency adapter built in, which I'm told has the better of the two
scanner elements (CCD?) but haven't verified. It's readable but not by
much.

Dave Hinz

Thanks, Your results at 3600 dpi were not bad at all, so a high end scanner
should be able to do it at less than the cost of a reader/printer or
dedicated scanner


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