Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Busby Scan

[David Buchner <buchner@wcta.net>]

On Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 12:07 PM, Steven Mills wrote:
> I thought there was a scanning project in progress?
>
> http://www.busbys.hpg.ig.com.br/busbys/toc.htm
>
> The progress has slowed a bit. I assumed he was pooped-out from
> all that scanning or his scanner gave up the ghost. [ that's quite a 
> task]
>
> Perhaps we could all chip in our time and help out a bit. I could scan 
> a
> few chapters. For the sake of consistency set a standard for scanning
> resolution and type of file [ ie. jpeg, bmp, tif, or gif...etc. ]

I'm a pathetically low-tech guy -- I just don't keep up with current 
technology beyond what's on my desk. But isn't there a way to do this 
once and for all, in a less labor-intensive way? Aren't there 
professional, volume, business-grade photocopiers that can also 
digitally scan? Is there somebody with an extra, perhaps battered Busby 
who'd be willing to unbind it? Couldn't it then be automatically fed as 
sheets, page after page, through this fantasy copier which would scan 
both sides, and save them as PDF's?

The thought of all that laying 700+page hardcover on a scanner bed, and 
pressing it flat to minimize the warping of the inner edge of the page, 
makes me weary just thinking it.

As a mostly-lurker, I would otherwise be happy to contribute by taking 
part in this project -- I honestly just don't have access to useful 
technology to do a good job. Really. I think there isn't even a Kinko's 
within 100 miles of me.