[rescue] worth it for the disks?

[Bill Bradford]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 04:06:37PM -0400, Tim H. wrote:
> I have seen offset duplicators whamming out copy at >100ppm, and that is
> fast.  That is also a cakewalk compared to scanning, which requires all
> the paper handling skills, along with cameras and a backend big enough
> to get the data out of the way.  And if the printer chokes you lose a
> bunch of blank paper, if that scanner chokes you better have another
> copy, because it just became a shredder.  The only possible target for a
> gadget like that is government.  Even a big company can't generate
> enough paper to justify an archival system like that.  

Gah, and I would KILL for one of the nicer older color 300dpi HP
color scanners.. I've got a 7450C, but it feels so CHEAP...

Bill

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bill bradford
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austin, texas