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

[Eric Lemmon]

Kinko's and Office Max are not commercial graphics houses; they're consumer-
and small business-oriented shops.  My local Kinko's doesn't have the
equipment to scan large pages, so they send that stuff across town to the
same graphics house that I use, and charge the customer for the scanning
plus courier service and a "handling charge."   I strongly suggest getting
large or long sheets scanned, rather than copied.  Two separate machines are
used by most graphics shops- one to scan, and another to print or plot.
Unless you absolutely must have a hard copy right away, just get the PDF
files put on a CD and worry about printing them later.

Commercial graphics houses are usually listed in the Yellow Pages under
Graphic Arts, Blueprinting, or Document Services.  My mention of Kinko's was
intended to convey the fact that some large Kinko's have a document roll
printer which can print on 11" wide continuous paper the documents that were
scanned into PDF by a commercial graphics house.

73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY


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[mailto:test-equipment-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Manes
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Subject: Re: [Test-Equipment] HP 8405A Manual - Schematics -addendum

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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