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u.edu writes:
> ...
>      I know there are some elaborate scanning systems that are starting to be
> more affordable but the operation here is a long way off from buying such
> hardware.  Places like Kinko's and other self-serve copy centers are starting
> to have scanners available for customer use, but I'm pretty far behind in the
> vocabulary and the knowledge of where to start, and how far to go with it.
>      Can anyone provide a quick tutorial on their successes with this or
> recommend a published source on the clearest and cheapest way to reproduce
> photos for photocopied reports?
 
I have found _Introduction to Imaging: Issues in Constructing an
Image Database_ by Howard Basser and Jennifer Trant to be very
enlightening.  It covers such things as image capture and compression,
and has a full glossary.  There are lots of illustrations of the effects
of different processes.  It is published by the Getty Art History
Information Program, ISBN 0-89236-361-4 (they were being given away free
at ICOM in Norway, and may still be available as a public service.
The program's email is: [log in to unmask], www is
http://www.ahip.getty.edu/ahip/home.html
 
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Pat Reynolds
Keeper of Social History, Buckinghamshire County Museum / Freelance Curator
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