[bksvol-discuss] Re: large book
- From: "Kaitlyn Hill" <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:32:17 -0700
That sounds like an interesting book. Right now I couldn't do it but still
doing some research on that new OpticBook scanner which is a book-edge flat
bed.
Kaitlyn
Healing Practitioner
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be exchanged for it immediately or in the long run."
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: large book
Even the page seems a bit wide for my scanner. Anyone got a bigger bed
scanner? I could send it somewhere. Ideas?
It is the autobiography of the Dalai Lama.
E.
At 02:15 PM 8/31/2005, you wrote:
>Hi E,
>When I scan books like the one you describe that won't fit on the scanner,
I
>like to scan first one page with the outside edge flush against the edge of
>the scanner glass. Then I flip the book around so that the opposite edge is
>against the edge of the scanner. I don't like trying to line the inside
>margin of the book up against anything. If the book is narrow enough that
>part of the page you aren't scanning is over the glass, it might be a good
>idea to put a plain piece of paper or something there so you don't get a
>veritable barrage of junk characters. Also, it would probably be a good
idea
>to set the "keep partial columns" setting to off. That's a good way to
avoid
>a lot of junk characters.
>Kellie
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