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Originally Posted by alanHd
My book was small enough to fit both pages on the bed.
I didn't lower the lid and I never pressed on the book, The scans came out great but I don't know how much of that is down to my scanner being better than the norm has I got it to Scan my photos for restoration. The OCR gave me great results.
I did try with a book that is too big to scan both pages at once and I gave up after a couple of test pages, Now I am debating whether to cut out the pages and feed them through the auto feed at work, I'm in too minds as the book is fairly rare.
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The problem with scanning both pages at once occurs with books where the print gets too close to the gutter. The characters get distorted on the part of the page that pulls up from the platen, and can get hidden in the shadows in the gutter. Some books have this problem, and some don't. The closer the characters get to the gutter, the more you have to squash the book down. Cutting the book is often the only way to get good scans for extreme cases.
P.S. For some trade paperbacks, you can use an iron at a low setting to soften the glue on the spine and pull the cover off. The remaining glue keeps the pages together, but the book is now flexible enough that you can open it wider and reduce the gutter. Afterwards, you can iron the cover back on. I've done this with dozens of books, and it works great. I haven't had any success doing this with the MMPB books I've tried, though. The glue is usually too hard, and the book falls apart if you manage to get the cover off.