Message-Id: <mailto:199504051327.IAA17922@library.wustl.edu> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 09:20:45 -0500 From: "Peter J. Roberts" <mailto:libpjr@LANGATE.GSU.EDU> Subject: Transparency Adapters for Flatbed Scanners -Reply To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
About two weeks ago we started using a HP ScanJet IIcx with a transparency adapter. I am mostly scanning 4X5 negatives. I'm very pleased with the results. By scanning, reversing the polarity, and printing on our laser printer, researchers can now get inexpensive hard-copy positive images. It will also allow us to scan images for the World Wide Web. Scans of 35mm slides have not been as beautiful. I can e-mail you a scanned image if you wish.Regards,
Peter J. Roberts Georgia State University mailto:LIBPJR@LANGATE.GSU.EDU
>>> David Watson <mailto:dew2w@POE.ACC.VIRGINIA.EDU>
04/04/95 04:17pm >>> I am trying to offer some advice to someone doing volunteer work with a small town library which has a special collections archive of 40,000+ negatives. The library is considering the possibility of putting the collection into a digital image database. The volunteer already has a 486 DX2/66 computer and is in the process of learning Photoshop 3.0. I am not sure as to the sizes of the negatives, but I assume they are larger than 35mm. Has anyone had experience with transparency adapters for flatbed scanners? The HP ScanJet IIcx has an optional transparency adapter, though it is rather expensive. I would like to know what quality one might expect from this type of setup and if there are any other better alternatives. Thanks, David-- DAVID EDWARD WATSON | | Internet : mailto:dew2w@virginia.edu Voice: 804-295-6736 | FAX: 804-295-3282 | CompuServe: 72066,3142 Snail Mail: 2111 Michie Drive #77, Charlottesville, VA 22901-2872 USA