[extropy-chat] finding old (and new) sf

[Joseph Bloch]

Oooh... that sounds nice. How's it work on paperback books?

I'm imagining you dismember the books into single pages and feed it in.

Joseph

David Lubkin wrote:

> Jef Allbright wrote:
>
>> (I've already converted several hundred books in my paper library to 
>> PDF and have discretely disposed of the corpses.)
>
>
> I've recently begun the process of massively ridding myself of paper, 
> and having a digital backup for paper I want to retain.
>
> I heartily recommend the Fujitsu ScanSnap fi-5110EOX2 (about $400, 
> including shipping, from newegg.com). It's about the size of a shoe 
> box. It will scan a stack of documents from business card to A4. Both 
> sides are scanned simultaneously, optionally skipping blank pages. 
> Color to 600 dpi, B&W to 1200 dpi. Automatically deskews crooked 
> pages. Saves to pdf or jpg. Comes with Acrobat (which includes OCR 
> software) and CardMinder (global business card recognition). Lots of 
> other bells-and-whistles. A few limitations.
>
> I'm easily able to feed it a couple thousand sheets a day while I'm 
> doing other work. Its small footprint and fast idle-to-scanned time 
> also makes it trivial to integrate one-off scans into your workflow. 
> I.e., I can scan in my electric bill in roughly the time it takes to 
> open the next envelope in a stack of mail.
>
>
> -- David Lubkin.
>
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