Is it still crazy to scan 1000 magazines?

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digitalsm

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Originally posted by: Aquaman
Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Just store em away. If you wanted to work hard, it'd be a magazine a day. Don't tell me you can do 100 scans a day, even 50 a day is pushing it. I would store em in a box.
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I have actually been doing 100 scans a day but that will slow down oncee tax season starts :)

Cheers,
Aquaman <<<<<<<<< accountant :)
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If you werent planning on giving them away, I would say get an automatic duplex scanner. Doing anything over 50 documents by hand is a pain in the ass.

Edit: already suggested.
 
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manly

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Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: Aquaman
Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Just store em away. If you wanted to work hard, it'd be a magazine a day. Don't tell me you can do 100 scans a day, even 50 a day is pushing it. I would store em in a box.
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I have actually been doing 100 scans a day but that will slow down oncee tax season starts :)

Cheers,
Aquaman <<<<<<<<< accountant :)
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If you werent planning on giving them away, I would say get an automatic duplex scanner. Doing anything over 50 documents by hand is a pain in the ass.

Edit: already suggested.
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PaperPort 9 will do duplex scanning from any ADF, but you have to flip the stack yourself. :)
 
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Jhill

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Are these magazines about setting up and maintaining aquariums?

Is there really that much info on aquariums? WOW.
 
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even if you had the time to scan all of them your scanner would probably burn up before then.
 
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bootymac

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Hey, I live in Vancouver too! I'm equal to 2 and a half monkeys!!!!! PICK ME PICK ME PICK ME!!
 
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Aquaman

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Originally posted by: Jhill
Are these magazines about setting up and maintaining aquariums?

Is there really that much info on aquariums? WOW.
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I have over 15 years of magazines collected. That is around 500+ mags from 4 different magazines.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
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Aquaman

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Originally posted by: iloveme2
even if you had the time to scan all of them your scanner would probably burn up before then.
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If it does not then I can contact Canon & maybe get a sponsorship deal like Jarad a la Subway ;)

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
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Aquaman

Lifer
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Originally posted by: bootymac
Hey, I live in Vancouver too! I'm equal to 2 and a half monkeys!!!!! PICK ME PICK ME PICK ME!!
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Will you work for bananas? ;)

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
sandorski

sandorski

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You realize you could probably just download all your porn off the internet? ;)
 
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Aquaman

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Originally posted by: sandorski
You realize you could probably just download all your porn off the internet? ;)
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But I can't find your pictures on the intraweb :Q

So I have to scan the magazines I have ;)

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
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Chu

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Originally posted by: Aquaman
I have collected over 15 years of Aquarium magazines but they are taking a lot of room up in my den. I don't have the heart to just throw them away (I will probably give them to a local library) but I am still in the hobby and I still enjoy reading them and using them as a resource.

Do you think it's crazy to scan 500+ mags? I won't be scanning every page but all pages with articles on them so for example a 70 page mag will have 45-50 pages that have articles or pictures on them.

I guess I will find out how tough my Canon Scanner is :)

Cheers,
Aquaman
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If this really isn't a joke, why not pay someone else to scan them? People with OCD actuially love jobs like this, and I'm sure you can find someone who'll do it for near min wage.

-Chu


EDIT : I'm sure you know other people in the hobby, or other forums. Why not just break it into stacks about 10 mags each, send them to people /w return packaging to scan, and everyone gets a copy of all the PDF's after? There are so many better ways to do this then 250 hours at a scanner.
 
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Aquaman

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Originally posted by: Chu
Originally posted by: Aquaman
I have collected over 15 years of Aquarium magazines but they are taking a lot of room up in my den. I don't have the heart to just throw them away (I will probably give them to a local library) but I am still in the hobby and I still enjoy reading them and using them as a resource.

Do you think it's crazy to scan 500+ mags? I won't be scanning every page but all pages with articles on them so for example a 70 page mag will have 45-50 pages that have articles or pictures on them.

I guess I will find out how tough my Canon Scanner is :)

Cheers,
Aquaman
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If this really isn't a joke, why not pay someone else to scan them? People with OCD actuially love jobs like this, and I'm sure you can find someone who'll do it for near min wage.

-Chu


EDIT : I'm sure you know other people in the hobby, or other forums. Why not just break it into stacks about 10 mags each, send them to people /w return packaging to scan, and everyone gets a copy of all the PDF's after? There are so many better ways to do this then 250 hours at a scanner.
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Ha ha ha ............. I started this thread in January and people think it's an April Fools Joke :Q

I have the time to do it and at the same time I am creating an Access DB of the articles :)

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
Kelemvor

Kelemvor

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If you have lots of free time, then hey, go for it. But I voted Yes.

Maybe if you were watching a movie and could just swap the pages as you were doing something else it woudln't be too bad, but if just sitting there scanning over and over.. Man. I'd just go get a big rubbermaid (or some other non paper/cardboard) container and store them somewhere.
 
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Aquaman

Lifer
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Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
If you have lots of free time, then hey, go for it. But I voted Yes.

Maybe if you were watching a movie and could just swap the pages as you were doing something else it woudln't be too bad, but if just sitting there scanning over and over.. Man. I'd just go get a big rubbermaid (or some other non paper/cardboard) container and store them somewhere.
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I am actually doing work while I scan them :)

The benefits of working from home :)

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
sandorski

sandorski

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Originally posted by: Aquaman
Originally posted by: sandorski
You realize you could probably just download all your porn off the internet? ;)
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But I can't find your pictures on the intraweb :Q

So I have to scan the magazines I have ;)

Cheers,
Aquaman
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Login to Messenger, I'll grab the Internet Cam.......
 
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no0b

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yes it is crazy but if you do it or get a copy from the publisher can you please send it my way, I'm into aquariums also. Thank you.
 
MikeyIs4Dcats

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aren't the majority of the older articles obsolete?

what with the invention of the digital aquarium and all....analog is sooooo 80s.
 
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