Scanning microfilm with large format originals

Karl Bridges (mailto:cfkfb@UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU)
Thu, 14 Jul 1994 17:11:20 -0500

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Date:         Thu, 14 Jul 1994 17:11:20 -0500
From: Karl Bridges <mailto:cfkfb@UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU>
Subject:      Scanning microfilm with large format originals
To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB <mailto:IMAGELIB@ARIZVM1.BITNET>

  I'm planning to scan newspaper microfilm -- using Screen Scan most
likely.  Now newspapers are usually 11x17.  I need to scan the whole
image at once which means I need to project that image on the screen of
my microfilm printer reader Canon MP-90.  In essence, I have the
opposite problem of most microfilm users in that I want my image to be
smaller not larger.  Has anyone done this or have suggestions?  I was
thinking perhaps using a slide scanner with some kind of roll carrier
attachment e.g. treating each microfilm image as a 35mm slide.