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where can i get large format scanning done please?
Hi all, just a quick question that has arose…
a customer has some large posters that they want to scan to incorporate into a printed vehicle design, problem is we only have a desktop scanner and it wouldn’t work to scan it in pages then stitch it all back together…so my main question is:
does anyone in the west yorkshire area have a large format scanner that could do this for me?
the posters are about 3ftx2ft i think.
any help or advice appreciated
cheers
stephen -
7 Replies
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i actually scan and stitch… you have to make sure you get all the scanner plastic out of the way so u just got a flat glass, setup some marking system so you scan absolutely straight every scan… i must admit we use a A3 sized copier top now as a lot of these scan.
ok 3foot is a bit big tho, not sure who these days would have a scanner that big as digital photography is another answer.
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Here are some free tools for stitching together panoramas. http://panotools.sourceforge.net/
You’ll probably find the ones you need at this link.
http://www.all-in-one.ee/~dersch/There are plug ins for Photoshop as well. I think they are included in the compressed file that you’ll download depending on which platform you’re on.
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would there be any chance of obtaining the artwork from the originators?
you may be breaking copyright if you just reproduce them.
Lynn -
Hi Stephen
Just looking through my new jigsaw catalog and saw a large format scanner aimed at architects, maybe try some of your local architects and one of them might have a large scanner
just an idea
cheers
Warren
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Some Giclee printers have large scanners. There is one in Stafford £25 a scan.
Steve
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Hi Stephen
You might want to look up Vizbiz Signs in Wakefield as I`m sure I`ve seen them advertising that the can copy architects drawings.Sorry I don`t have a number but I think they are on Yell.
Cheers
Gary
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hi all, cheers for all the help….customer has decided to create the artwork now….saved me a job.
cheers
stephen
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