HI E, I have never tried this. The next book I run into I will see if it makes a difference. The joy of life is living in the question Katie Hill Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E. Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 7:00 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A scanning question. Have you tried putting a sheet of paper behind the page to slow down bleed through? At 09:24 AM 6/14/2007, you wrote: >HI Jim, > >I am not sure how to over come this one. Looking back over my scanning >career I have found those kinds of issues tend to show up in paper backs >and books with thinner pages. I didn't put two and two together until you >mentioned this but those books that have been extremely easy to scan with >very few errors have been those with thicker pages. I am finishing a book >here now called Let the good times roll, which has very thick pages and I >have found few errors. I wonder, at times, if the garbled characters aren't >coming through from the other side of a page. Hmmmm. > > >The joy of life is living in the question >Katie Hill >Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >-----Original Message----- >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim >Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 9:32 PM >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A scanning question. > >I have a book here and I have tried scanning this thing several times, with >all kinds of setting changes etc., and I still get garbled letters. My >sighted wife tells me that when she looks at the page, she can see the print > >on the back side of the page. She can't read it, but apparently it casts >shadows or whatever. >I'm not sure what to do here. >The book is: Puss 'n Cahoots by Rita May Brown, a Mrs. Murphy mystery. Any >ideas on how to conquer this kind of problem? >Jim Rawls > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of >available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a >list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.15/848 - Release Date: >6/13/2007 12:50 PM To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.