[time-nuts] OT magazine scanning

[John Day]

At 03:01 PM 3/3/2006, you wrote:
>Hi John:
>
>My local copy center will digitize, but they have different fees
>depending on what the source material is.  Black and white text, line
>drawing, color photo, etc.  Have you checked with RF Design to see if
>they have digital versions of back issues?

Yes, I did, and unfortunately the answer was no. I will check the 
local copy places, but most of the ones around here want you to give 
them an original so they can watch the Documation or whatever spit 
out 5,000 copies while they chew gum.


>I have converted a number of manuals into pdf documents and can say that
>it's quite a bit of work to get a really useful result.

Oh don't I know it, particularly with fold-outs, I have done far too 
many of those. That is why I am hoping to find a service to do this job.

73's
John


>73,
>
>Brooke Clarke, N6GCE
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>John Day wrote:
>
> >I think I have seen this topic discussed here some time ago.
> >
> >I have been receiving RF Design magazine for some years and I no
> >longer have space for them. They are not available on CD-ROM, so
> >maybe somebody here knows of a scanning service that could handle a
> >job like this? I am happy to sacrifice the mags to save the space, so
> >they can be cut to separate the pages.
> >
> >Any clues anybody?
> >
> >John
> >
> >
> >
>
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