Message-Id: <200002091429.HAA03640@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 15:25:18 GMT+0100 From: Lossau <mailto:lossau@MAIL.SUB.UNI-GOETTINGEN.DE> Subject: Re: looking for a scanner for bound materials To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
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We use the Minolta PS 7000 (600 dpi, 1 bit) and the Zeutschel
Omniscan 7000 (up to 800 dpi for A4, 1 bit + 8 bit greyscale) in our Digitization
Center in Goettingen, Germany.
There is a special software for production scanning of books, incl.
features like editing the TIFF-Header, masking, deskew, crop etc.,
called SRZ ProScan Book to apply on bothe scanners.
Have a closer look at:
http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gdz/en/gdz_main_en.html#conversion
(our application)
and
http://www.agora.de/PrScBk1.htm#Top
(company/product website)
It has been developed by the Satz-Rechen-Zentrum company in Berlin,
Germany and is priced with about 7.000 DM (ca. 3.500 USD). Maybe
there is a bundle price for Scanner + software.
Norbert Lossau
There is a good software solution for both the
On 8 Feb 00 at 14:11, Tim Au Yeung wrote:
> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 14:11:19 -0700
> Reply-to: IMAGELIB <mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
> From: Tim Au Yeung <mailto:ytau@UCALGARY.CA>
> Subject: Re: looking for a scanner for bound materials
> To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
> We've been looking into these kinds of scanners ourselves.
>
> Minolta (www.minoltausa.com) has two models:
>
> PS3000 - 400 dpi, 11 x 17 bound scanner w/ a greyscale option
> PS7000 - 600 dpi, 17 x 23 bound scanner - bitonal
>
> There is also the Bookeye scanner which is similar to Minolta's PS3000.
> (www.bookeye.com)
>
> Zeutschel also sells book scanners and has 5 or 6 different models including
> color. (http://www.zeutschel.com/)
>
> Generally, the cost starts at $20,000 for the base end models and moves
> quickly up depending on feature.
>
> Tim
>
> --------
> Tim Au Yeung
> Manager of Digitization Initiatives
> Information Resources (Press)
> University of Calgary
> voice: 403.220.8975
> email: ytau (at) ucalgary.ca
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stuart Glogoff <mailto:stuartg@U.ARIZONA.EDU>
> To: <mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 1:44 PM
> Subject: looking for a scanner for bound materials
>
>
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestions re: a quality digital camera for special
> > collections. New question.
> >
> > What about a scanner for handing fragile originals, such as books and
> > other bound materials. I'm not having luck searching with the web search
> > engines nor by visiting brand name sites on the web. I know I've seen
> > them in the past at trade shows and they've been rather pricey.
> >
> > Appreciate recommendations and please share ballpark cost information. I
> > am helping a colleague with a grant proposal -- and of course it's due
> > in a few days.
> >
> > Stuart
> > *******************************
> > Stuart Glogoff mailto:stuartg@u.arizona.edu
> > PO Box 210073, Computer Center 337
> > 1077 N. Highland Ave.
> > Tucson, AZ 85721-0073
> > http://www.library.arizona.edu/sglogoff
> > *******************************
> >
>
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Dr. Norbert Lossau
State- und University Library Goettingen
Head of the Center for Digitization (GDZ)
Subject librarian for Finno-ugrian Studies
Platz der Goettinger Sieben 1
37073 Goettingen, Germany
Tel.: +49 +551/39-5217 Fax. +49 +551/39-5222
WWW: http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/GDZ
E-Mail: mailto:lossau@mail.sub.uni-goettingen.de
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