From: B Schneider <wyward@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Looking for recommendations - Newspaper Scanners (A1) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 14:00:38 -0600 Message-Id: <3C449F31-7C9F-46D1-8049-4752BA0ECA7B@yahoo.com>
Hi, If you have a newer smartphone, experiment using that. I have a Samsung
phone that does a great job on larger photos and newspaper. I used some car
dboard to make a scanning stand for the phone and lay the item to be scanned
on the table. If there was a problem with focusing the camera phone, I used
books to prop the cardboard up higher. Otherwise look up "page scanner" on A
mazon, and read the reviews.
B Schneider
> On Jan 3, 2025, at 1:07 PM, Julie Huebel <> On Jan 3, 2025, at 1:07 PM, Julie Huebel <jhuebel@piercecountyhist
orical.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> Our organization has a huge collection of local newspapers and sending the
m out for scanning is expensive. We are interested in purchasing an overhea
d scanner that can handle the size of a newspaper (A1) as well as large prin
ts, larger ledger books, etc.
>
> Is there another group that has an overhead scanner they use for scanning n
ewspapers (2 pages at the same time)? If so, I would love to hear about wha
t scanner you are using.
>
> Thank you!
> Julie Huebel
> Pierce County Historical Association