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Moonraker · 08-22-2006, 08:46 AM

I have an OpticBook 3600 and an Epson Perfection 1670 which I use with Abbyy Fine Reader 8.

They are both fairly fast flat-bed scanners.

The Opticbook is only really suitable for hardbacks because it requires a 6mm gutter and most paperbacks have less than this. But it's great for large books scanning one page at a time.

I use the Epson for paperbacks, scanning two pages at a time and AFR is clever enough to recognise these as separate pages - so long as you press firmly on the spine of the book to ensure that both pages are as flat to the glass as possible.

Scanning at greyscale, 300 dpi is perfectly adequate for novels that contain text only.

I can scan a 200-page paperback in about an hour - but the time-consuming part is the proof-reading of it.

I have never scanned to PDF but I will try this some day. At least it would remove the proof-reading part.

08-22-2006, 08:46 AM	#10
Moonraker Addict Posts: 314 Karma: 1002965 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: UK Device: ILiad. Gen 3, PocketBook 360, Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Oasis 2	I have an OpticBook 3600 and an Epson Perfection 1670 which I use with Abbyy Fine Reader 8. They are both fairly fast flat-bed scanners. The Opticbook is only really suitable for hardbacks because it requires a 6mm gutter and most paperbacks have less than this. But it's great for large books scanning one page at a time. I use the Epson for paperbacks, scanning two pages at a time and AFR is clever enough to recognise these as separate pages - so long as you press firmly on the spine of the book to ensure that both pages are as flat to the glass as possible. Scanning at greyscale, 300 dpi is perfectly adequate for novels that contain text only. I can scan a 200-page paperback in about an hour - but the time-consuming part is the proof-reading of it. I have never scanned to PDF but I will try this some day. At least it would remove the proof-reading part.