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Topic: Know of a fast black and white scanner?  (Read 1394 times)

Offline 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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Offline thalbergmad

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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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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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Offline 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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