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Subject: Re: Large format color scanner query]
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 08:33:16 -0500
From: "Diane Schug-O'Neill" <[log in to unmask]>


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Chris,

We (Library of Congress) do not use sheet-feed scanners (aka
paper shredders). We use a large flatbed Tangent and are in
the process of installing a Jumbo Scan.
   The Jumbo Scan is produced by Lumiere Technology (in France)
and the U.S. distributor we are going through is Data Management
Internationale (DMI).
    www.jumboscan.com
    www.dmi-inc.com

We can answer questions about this new scanner in about a
month or two.

I would also like wish you luck on printing.  We have had trouble
with colors and printing.  Basically we encourage people to go
to the graphic/printing experts - within our agency we suggest
they go to our printing division; outside our agency we tell
patrons to the CD ROM(s) to a local print shop.
   When we do print, we use vegetable not archival inks - so
they fade in about 3-5years.

Diane


Diane T. Schug-O'Neill

Digital Conversion Specialist
Geography & Map Division
Library of Congress

202-707-2886
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http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/

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Subject: Large format color scanner query
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 14:48:40 -0000
From: "Fleet, Christopher" <[log in to unmask]>


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Hello,

We are looking to acquire a large-format color scanner, and I wondered
if
list members might be willing to offer any advice? I have reviewed the
maps-l archives for the last few years, and I'm aware this subject has
cropped up before, but with only brief suggestions, and nothing that
recent.

Ideally we would like a sheet-feed scanner, 36 inches wide or greater,
that
can scan up to 400 dpi in color and greyscale, to standard image
formats
including TIFF. We already have a large-format colour printer (HP 500
PS),
so we would not be looking for an integrated scanner/printer option.

Many thanks in advance,

Chris

Christopher Fleet
Map Library
National Library of Scotland
33 Salisbury Place
EDINBURGH, EH9 1SL.
Scotland.

Tel. 0131 466 3813
Fax. 0131 466 3812
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Map website images: www.nls.uk/maps