Scanning

Sodbury Box · Post by **Sodbury Box** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:30 am

Does anyone possess an A3 Scanner ?
I have a collection of pics and diagrams that I'd like to make available.

John

Blandford1969 · Post by **Blandford1969** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 1:19 pm

Hi John,

I could help you with photos as i have a good epsom scanner that will do up to A4 size photos.

Have you tried a library or printers to see if they have anything larger, A3 scanners are usually only found in business settings.

The other way round would be to get the diagrams reduced via a photocopy shop to A4 and then they could be scanned, maybe at a higher res so you still get the same effecr.

hope thats of use.
Kind regards
Duncan

Sodbury Box · Post by **Sodbury Box** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 1:52 pm

Blandford1969 wrote:Hi John,

I could help you with photos as i have a good epsom scanner that will do up to A4 size photos.

Have you tried a library or printers to see if they have anything larger, A3 scanners are usually only found in business settings.

The other way round would be to get the diagrams reduced via a photocopy shop to A4 and then they could be scanned, maybe at a higher res so you still get the same effecr.

hope thats of use.
Kind regards
Duncan

Thanks Duncan for the offer
I do have an A4 scanner.
Yes I might try the local printer.

John

BristleGWR · Post by **BristleGWR** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:13 pm

You could of course scan them in two (or more) parts on a A4 scanner and join them together using photoshop or equivalent.

Sodbury Box · Post by **Sodbury Box** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:34 pm

BristleGWR wrote:You could of course scan them in two (or more) parts on a A4 scanner and join them together using photoshop or equivalent.

Actually the A3 pages originally formed a display board with images and text,so the operation might be a bit tricky.
Perhaps reduction is a better bet.

By the way BristleGWR, I wonder if you've seen my post regarding Barrow Road stitched photo ?

John