-------- Original Message -------- 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]> ------------------ 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 [log in to unmask] http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/ >>> [log in to unmask] 11/06/03 02:59PM >>> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Large format color scanner query Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 14:48:40 -0000 From: "Fleet, Christopher" <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ 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 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Map website images: www.nls.uk/maps