[Test-Equipment] HP 8405A Manual - Schematics -addendum

[Mike Manes]

I got the C-size (22 x 17) schematics for the AEA PK-900 copied at Kinkos or
Office Max, but they cost me 4 or 5 bucks per sheet!
73 de Mike W5VSI

Tod -MN wrote:
> Eric:
> 
> That sounds very interesting. I had not realized that such service might be
> available. I am going check Kinko's locally to see if they will do it. If
> so, I will substitute the commercially done scans for mine in the schematics
> package and let people know about the update.
> 
> 73, Tod
> 
>  
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: test-equipment-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>> [mailto:test-equipment-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of 
>> Eric Lemmon
>> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 10:13 AM
>> To: 'Discussion of Electronic Test Equipment'
>> Subject: Re: [Test-Equipment] HP 8405A Manual - Schematics -addendum
>>
>> That method works okay in a copy machine that moves the 
>> original across a fixed scan head.  It does not always work 
>> very well in the more common copier that moves the scanner 
>> bar or mirror beneath the stationary original.
>> In the latter case, there are optical errors that exist at 
>> the edges that make it difficult or impossible to line up 
>> multiple scans, and this is most apparent in very detailed 
>> schematic diagrams.
>>
>> It is far better to take long foldout pages of a manual to a 
>> commercial graphics house, where the entire sheet is scanned 
>> in one pass into a PDF file.  My local graphics house charges 
>> me only 17 cents per square foot for scanning, and can handle 
>> pages that are up to five feet wide and more than 100 feet 
>> long.  I'm not exaggerating- some electrical diagrams for an 
>> airplane are intended to be put on a wall, so that an 
>> engineer can follow each wire from beginning to end.  Once a 
>> manual has been scanned so that each page is one PDF 
>> document, the Adobe "snapshot tool" can be used to select 
>> portions or details to print on standard-size paper.  Of 
>> course, the great value of full-page scanning is that the 
>> long pages can be printed in their original sizes by the same 
>> graphics shop (and some Kinko's) that have a roll-feed 
>> document printer.
>>
>> 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY
>>
> 
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