Message-Id: <199611262146.PAA23850@library.wustl.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:40:36 -0500 From: Peter Hirtle <mailto:pbh6@CORNELL.EDU> Subject: Re: oversize scanner To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
At 9:39 PM 11/25/96, Bob Rosenberg wrote: >Minolta is not on your list, but they make a scanner (DPCS 3000) that looks
>*down* at an open volume and corrects for the curve of the pages. It can
>handle an oversize double-page spread. It's 8-bit grayscale, but you might
>want to look at it anyhow. There is a teasingly small bit of information at
>http://ows.minoltausa.com/minolta/owa/productdesc.list?productid=9000003&fr
>ame=N
I have heard reports that while the Minolta camera may _scan_ with 8-bit grayscale, it can only _save_ a bitonal image. Can anyone confirm or deny?
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