tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749098825907573686.post4349025048401404881..comments2023-10-06T13:49:59.091-04:00Comments on Filling Spaces: Stamp Album scanner?Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04111329068221289436noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749098825907573686.post-2037278481152774712011-01-15T13:22:55.324-05:002011-01-15T13:22:55.324-05:00Bill, I agree that the announcement was premature ...Bill, I agree that the announcement was premature although I understand why a company would want to take advantage of CES to make an announcement even if their product wasn't quite ready for primetime.<br /><br />If I were undertaking a digitizing project along the lines of one of the big collection sites like that of Antonius Ra, I agree that a scanner would give the best results. The problem is, as you know, if you are going to all that trouble, you feel something of an obligation to do it right--i.e., archive at 300-600 dpi in TIFF format and then downres for the Web or whatever. With my inexpensive scanner that means a minute or two per page. If this new Book Saver contraption works, we're talking about quick and dirty scanning at the rate of a few seconds for two pages. Even if I had to remove the pages from the binder, this suggests that at the conservative rate of 2 pages every 10 seconds, a Blue Volume One could be digitized in under 2 hours! Of course, it won't be the quality of a properly scanned page, but it just might do for "everyday" use.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04111329068221289436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749098825907573686.post-70950247540947396532011-01-13T13:27:46.856-05:002011-01-13T13:27:46.856-05:00Thanks for the info. As a librarian, this is good...Thanks for the info. As a librarian, this is good info to know.<br /><br />Their announcement is a bit, shall we say, premature. The product is "coming soon." So premature their website neglects to mention two facts that I would consider necessary to even consider it, how big a page it can scan and what <br />format the scan will be in, pdf? <br /><br />It might be better to scan a looseleaf Scott album page by page in a flat bed scanner.<br /><br />Billwilliamgradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414768989527539986noreply@blogger.com