Message-Id: <199906090539.WAA51392@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 23:37:38 -0600 From: Tim Au Yeung <mailto:ytau@UCALGARY.CA> Subject: Re: Minolta PS7000 To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
I'm in Canada but factoring in conversion, I'd have to guess between $15,000 and $20,000 depending on the features you choose. There is a third option -- IBM has an experimental system they're using for color but right now, it's just a research project. They did the Vatican digital library with it.Tim
--Tim Au Yeung Manager of Digitization Initiatives University of Calgary Press voice: (403) 220-8975 email: ytau (at) ucalgary.ca
Sue Rosoff wrote: > > Eileen Mathias wrote: > > > We recently purchased the Minolta PS7000 and have been using it for about a > > month now. For our purposes, it has worked well. We have many rare and > > fragile books, and purchased the Minolta because our books receive a lot of > > use, and people are constantly asking for photocopies. Up til now, we > > would use a book copier or not make copies at all. The Minolta allows us > > to respond to copy requests and protect the books as well. The curvature > > software works well, and fingers can be masked out if desired. We have > > used the Minolta principally for printing, so pages go straight to the > > printer. Although we have a computer connected to the Minolta, we have not > > had much call for its use. Images are black and white, not color, which > > for us limits its use for digital imaging except for text. We have created > > some pdf files for practise, a process which is not too difficult to learn. > > As I said, we have not had much reason to use that feature so far, but > > expect to in the future. > > > > The Minolta has two basic settings, one for books and one for single > > sheets. Occasionally, the Minolta is not able to read the height of the > > binding of a book. The sheet setting allows you to set the height > > manually. The Minolta has a metal piece off which the book reflects its > > height and size to the camera. This metal piece was visibly marred on > > ours, which may have caused some of the problems of reading the height of > > the book. That piece is actually being changed today, and hopefully any > > problems we have had will be resolved. > > > > Eileen Mathias > > Academy of Natural Sciences > > I also got information on the Minolta PS7000. I was kind of surprised it wasn't > able to scan in color - how much does it cost anyway? > > Sue Rosoff > Photographer and Digital Imager > Special Collections > Meriam Library > CSU Chico > Chico, CA 95929 > (530) 898-6342 > mailto:srosoff@csuchico.edu