There are companies out there that specialize in that = sort of thing. Especially now that a lot of firms switch from = microfiche to computers and still want to have their old microfiches = available for viewing on the computer. I found a company that = does conversions in Germany. But they couldn't give me a quote = without seeing a sample of the microfiche. I have not found a = company that does this in the US.
Cheers,
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael J. Sullivan [mailto:sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM]
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 1:44 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Micro Fiche Reader
Dear Gang,
I have estimated that one would need a scanner =
capable of an OPTICAL
resolution of 4000x4000 samples per inch in order to =
render the data in a
VW microfiche (interpolated resolution need not =
apply). No ordinary flatbed
can do that!!! Only a few high-end scanners are =
capable of this.
Cheers,
MJS
>You'll need a very good scanner to do this. I =
tried on
>one that physically scanned to 1200x2400 (I =
believe) and
>extrapolated to 9600x9600. I had to view the =
image down
>at the pixel level and I am sorry to say that =
the extrapolation
>process was not good enough. I could kind of =
make out the
>diagrams, but the numbers and text were =
illegiable. I wish
>I had a jumbo reader...
>
>dave
Michael J. Sullivan
author "Make Your Scanner a Great Design & =
Production Tool"
web: http://www.hsdesign.com/scanning/book/book.html