[Web4lib] Microform scanners

[Mike McDermott]

We have a Canon MS 400 set up to do Microfilm scanning. It is a 
self service operation, but the procedure is definitely not for 
the technologically faint-of-heart.  The complexity of our 
situation is compounded by the fact that the scanning interface 
is SCSI, meaning the computer has to see the device on bootup or 
it won't recognize it later, and we have a card-swipe reader 
hooked up to the machine which interupts the connection between 
the computer and scanner unless a card has been swiped. So, users 
generally have to make sure the microfilm reader is on, swipe 
their card and reboot the computer before they can make copies.

Also, there don't seem to be drivers for Windows XP for this 
unit, so it is the only regularly used computer left in the 
library running Windows 98.

Mike

Malakia Oglesby wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> (A little late replying - had a few (very much needed) days off.)
> 
> We recently purchased a Canon MS 800 Microfilm Scanner that appears to do
> what you're asking.  It allows scanning of film/fiche and then you can
> either print, e-mail, or save the image.  If produces both TIFF and JPEG
> file formats and you can set the scanning resolution you want to use.  It
> has a lot of features that allow you to correct the scanned image
> (lighten/darken/dither/rotate/crop/etc.) before you "accept" the scanned
> image.  Naturally, it works with a PC, and there are video tutorials that
> users can select to walk them through different features.  
> 
> We got it a few months ago and it's working great for us.  Both staff and
> library patrons have access to it. 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Malakia Oglesby
> Tech-MIS 
> Asbury Park Public Lilbrary

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Bowdoin College Library
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