[Coco] Archiving articles: To scan or not to scan?

Bob Devries devries.bob at gmail.com
Sun Jul 8 19:58:19 EDT 2007


Jim Cox said:

> I don't have a scanner yet, but I most likely will get one.  Can anyone 
> recommend a good one?

Jim, I use a Canon CanoScan 5200F It has served me well for more than 3 
years now. It has the added ability of being able to scan camera film 
negatives and slides.

I have been using it for the Colour Computer Software Preservation Project 
(aka CCSPP), with good results.

You could check it out here: 
http://www.canon.com.au/about/press_room/story_972.html

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Cox" <jimcox at miba51.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 6:48 AM
Subject: [Coco] Archiving articles: To scan or not to scan?


>I want to clear out a bunch of old magazines and would either like to cut 
>the articles I want and store them in a file, or scan them on store them 
>electronically (on mirrored hard drives of course)
>
> I don't have a scanner yet, but I most likely will get one.  Can anyone 
> recommend a good one?
>
> Jim
>
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