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From: tempest@ecst.csuchico.edu (Kenneth K.F. Lui)
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Subject: Re: Desktop publishing
Message-ID: <1991Mar30.192632.22486@ecst.csuchico.edu>
Date: 30 Mar 91 19:26:32 GMT
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In article <1991Mar30.101245.22486@neon.Stanford.EDU> zimmer@calvin.stanford.edu (Andrew Zimmerman) writes:
>    One addon that might be nice would be a cheap handheld scanner for
>reading in images.  The big scanners are nice, but for people that only
>need them occasional, a handheld would be usefule, and wouldn't take up
>as much desk space when not in use.

I agree with this need.  Several months ago, I would have never
wanted a handheld scanner.  I got to thinking that a lot of items
I and many others want to scan can be covered with 1 pass using a
handheld.  It is true that there are other images that may take
at most 2 passes.  In addition, much of the material I'm
interested in scanning are within bound books that I don't want
to ruin by placing them on a flatbed scanner.  But then the current
handhelds are too narrow at times--I always think what would happen
if I don't want to make two passes.  How about a handheld with an
interchangable scanning element (1 for 5" and another for 9")?  It
would have to be a 24-bit color scanner of course--or at least
upgradable in regards to bits and color.  Then there's always the
need to have photoretouching software for the NeXT (Adobe
Photoshop...within a year?)

Ken

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