Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix3.panix.com!not-for-mail From: John Forkosh Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Dumb Pinter Question Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 08:44:51 -0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: References: <9FKdnSx-aYhJ5pz5nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <-MKdnaGEcp-jap75nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com> <17ydnXi6-MG65Zj5nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@earthlink.com> <6405822a@news.ausics.net> Injection-Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 08:44:51 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader2.panix.com; posting-host="panix3.panix.com:166.84.1.3"; logging-data="7399"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" User-Agent: tin/2.6.0-20210823 ("Coleburn") (NetBSD/9.3 (amd64)) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:37441 Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > 28B.I874 <28B.I874@noabzba.net> wrote: >> Ummm ... larger-format paper IS an issue. Most semi-cheap >> lasers and all-in-ones, (I know HP) can feed 'legal' >> paper. 11x17 and above .... well ... separate large-format >> scanner + large-format printer. That's $$$ no matter how >> you do it. Anything wider than 11" and you'll likely need >> to take a stick to a print shop - or spend kilobucks on >> like a huge 'office' Kyocera laser. > > I just do multiple scans and stitch the images together manually. At the moment, I've got 5,000+ pages to scan from large-format paper notebooks. So "multiple scans" per page would be really inconvenient. I already have to manually turn the pages, can't use autofeed for bound notebooks, and each 152-page notebook takes ~2.5hours to scan. Definitely a pain in the elbow. > Or I use a digital camera, and say I'll get around to fixing the > lens distortion in software one day... > > I do have a digital A3 scanner on top of a broken > photocopier/office-printer, but of course the software refuses to > work if the printer part doesn't pass its self-test. The Brother MFC-J6920DW does complain about the "printer part" every time I power it up, but it's easy to proceed past the warning. >> I saw a sort of 'inkjet' at an archetect's ... it looked >> like a long rectangle. You put BIG sheets of paper, like >> 48"x48", into it one sheet at a time and it pulled it >> past the printhead(s?). I rather doubt it was cheap. > > They're ink-jets, newer models often use UV-curable ink. Once the > cartridges go out of production those large format printer models > go from expensive to cheap extremely quickly. -- John Forkosh ( mailto: j@f.com where j=john and f=forkosh )