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[Al Smith]

An option,perhaps

Here is the first 2 pages of the 028 drawlings.I left the file size large,intentionaly,but this might be an option.I'm going to send these and many more to Mike,when I figure out how to change them to png format.This size is usable,but as I said,large,and would be a bit of a problem for someone on a dial-up.I'm sure that inside this "super puter",is the key,I just have to find it.Later on,today,I am going to try a picture shot,with the camera,through the viewing window of the micro viewer,stay tuned.

 

[Al Smith]

Won't work too well

Here is a shot through the viewer.Picture has been downsized,but not enhanced.The problem is the fact my viewer doesn't show the entire"panel",or "cell",at a time,only a portion.This is a partial shot of a Mac 125.Well,as they say,back to the drawling board.

 

[heviarti]

well, near as i can tell the scanner connects by either SCSI, parallel, serial, or maybe even ADB. Since it's listed under Macintosh, it probably outputs in TIFF or PICT. You hook it up, and the software grabs it, or if the software is unavailable, i guess it would be possible to capture the raw data off the port... or loan it to the SANE project for a few weeks to get it supported under SANE. I assume that since it seems to be built for the job, the image quality would be similar to you sitting infront of the fiche reader, Notice the centering grids on the screen? It's likely not CCD, because of the orange thing under the surface of the screen (I think that is the scan head..)

Given the tools, such as Gimp, and possibly a mac (which i have..) the resulting files could be converted, or sent directly to a windows machine runnng Photoshop, and saved as pdf, or as postscript with an open source tool.

Seeing as the machine is operable, and the software still available, I can scan ALL my mac fiche with it right away, or whoever can scan whatever fiche with it. If i can get some hands configuring the web interface, and possibly the database (never used a database before) And maybe some rackspace and an IP I will put up the machine to serve this, and the amazing parts number locator doohickey.. I've got a Sun Ultra1 ready to go, though i may need to find a bigger disk for it.

Al: a regular scanner does not have the resoultion to provide enough detail in the image. you require magnification. this is what the device I have shown you does. not even the CIA could magnify and sharpen that to readability.

I'm going to see if i can find the product manual for that scanner online...

 

[heviarti]

oh, and my buddy Matt already has the stihl manuals on cdrom, want a copy? new years.. i've been drunk the past two days..

 

[glens]

Al,

Those first two (well at least the one I looked at) are great except for the fact that they've been saved as JPEGs.  The first time you do that you ruin the fine detail.  They look pretty good, but they could look a whole lot sharper.

The JPEG method averages adjacent pixels, hence the checkerboard "aura" of artifacts surrounding the "text" which isn't so prevalent in the margin on the left in the attachment.  It will not print up as nicely as it would in a lossless format.

I've got a superb set of image manipulation tools I can refer you to; how's your ability to use commands at the prompt, like in DOS?&nbsp; You could issue one command such as<blockquote><tt>for %i in (*.bmp) do convert %i %i.png</tt></blockquote>in a directory full of BMP images and they'd all be converted to PNGs in the background while you do other things.&nbsp; Photoshop and GIMP are okay, but the necessity to use the graphical interface severely limits their utility.

Let me know.

Glen

 

[glens]

google search for microfiche scanner

Note the products and services available...

 

[Lakeside53]

yes jpg is bad for text, but i am talking about the images, the line drawings...

Same problem.... just make a couple of test scans in Jpeg and then in TIFF (or similar) and you'll see the difference. Jpeg works great for Photographs, but not for text or fine line detail.

 

[heviarti]

i'm researching now, I have found one i may be able to afford. Near as I can tell, the canon MS-*00 series scanners are scsi, but i don't know if the 100 is TWAIN compatible..

here's the latest model..

http://www.usa.canon.com/html/ibeCC...=&group_id=0&type=Secondary&subtype=Brochures

 

[glens]

Stick with unix and you won't need no stinkin' TWAIN...

 

[ozflea]

Gday fellas,
Well me and my northern mate feel that we may have the answer to this one for between us two Mac lovers we have found a way of getting pretty good results in putting spare part books and microfiche into PDF and the results for you to see are not too far away and will be available through my website Australian Chainsaw Racing keep an eye on the site and help it grow for the benefit of all and at this stage most are email send outs email me at [email protected] and there free.

Bob Cornwell...........Australia

 

[Mange]

You have been busy.
Looks to bee a great deal of PDF's available soon.
Very good work

 

[Lewis Brander]

Manuels:

Hello to all. It will me great to get the saw manuels in a PDF database to acess. Especially for the older saws that are no longer made. Sounds like the dream may eventually be realized. Thanks to everyone for their good work. Hopefully between Mike's site, ozflea site and the Samlaren forum the manuels can be obtained. My hats off to everyone. Thanks. Lewis.

 

[Al Smith]

It's going to take time.I have been sending the Stihl stuff to Mike.As soon as the Mac book gets here ,I will start the Mac Stuff ,for Oz.The Homelite book,came today,so I will have that info.Mike and Oz,know how to do the pdf stuff,but I run a mean scanner.

 

[heviarti]

al, I'll say it again, I have access to a copy of the stihl service communication CD, pdf manuals for all their saws. I can cut you a copy. Also, I now have an SP105.