Message-Id: <mailto:199503171607.KAA07460@library.wustl.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 09:36:20 -0600 From: Mark Olsen <mailto:mark@TUNA.UCHICAGO.EDU> Subject: Re: Microfilm digitizing To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
>> From: Owen <mailto:Somerset@INTERRAMP.COM>
>> Subject: Re: Microfilm digitizing
>> >>>
>> >>> Which vendor did you try?
>> >>>
>> >
>> >I'd prefer not to mention names on the list. Get back to
>> >me directly if you want the name.
>> >
>> The only reason I could imagine your not mentioning the name of the vendor would
>> be it you had signed a
>> non-disclosure agreement with the vendor. Otherwise, I think it would be inform
>> ative to hear about anyone's
>> experience with any vendor. In this arena, there are only a very few vendors: M
>> ekel (integrated by Amitech),
>> Sunrise and Lenzar to list most of them. There are a couple more who primarily d
>> o aperture card scanning. In
>> my opinion, it is good to find ways to keep vendors honest (i.e. not try to sell
>> vaporware) and sharing
>> experiences, both good and bad, helps to accomplish this. When I go to AIIM nex
>> t month, I'll be sure to grill
>> these vendors about grey scale scanning.
Owen,
I have not signed anything at all. I rather like the service provider that I used for the experiments and expect that they will upgrade their hardware/software when it becomes available or affordable. I do not feel justified in "blaming" them for the poor results of an experiment I wanted to try.
Mark
Mark Olsen Assistant Director ARTFL Project University of Chicago (312) 702-8687 Gopher: gopher.uchicago.edu/11/uscholarly/artfl WWW: http://tuna.uchicago.edu/ARTFL.html
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