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Bob

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Know of a fast black and white scanner?

on: March 15, 2014, 08:53:53 PM

Something that could do 300-600 dpi in less than 20 second/page?

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Re: Know of a fast black and white scanner?

Reply #1 on: March 15, 2014, 09:09:13 PM

My Mustek Pro can do an A3 sheet of piano music in less than 20 seconds at 400dpi.

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Re: Know of a fast black and white scanner?

Reply #2 on: March 15, 2014, 10:04:56 PM

If you are doing a lot of pages and it isn't something you could typically put through an Auto Document Feeder, you may wish to consider a digital camera with one of these setups:
https://www.diybookscanner.org

It is considerably faster if you are doing hundreds of pages. IMO, it is worth the time to setup if you have lots to scan.

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Bob

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Re: Know of a fast black and white scanner?

Reply #3 on: March 15, 2014, 10:25:12 PM

That's the idea. Quick and cheap.

I'd have to buy cameras and build some book cradle for the DIY book scanner though. Plus software probably. Those do look super fast. Maybe a paint by number type of DIY would work, except those can get expensive too.

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quantum

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Re: Know of a fast black and white scanner?

Reply #4 on: March 15, 2014, 10:31:53 PM

Look around in their forum. There are recommended older cameras that can be found cheaply.

If you want a quick and dirty setup, you may already have some of these things:
Camera, tripod, table, one of the workflow software packages.

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Re: Know of a fast black and white scanner?

Reply #5 on: March 15, 2014, 10:38:19 PM

I got confusified. Haha.

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