I tried FedEx today with some modest success. They have a large format HP DesignJet <somelargenumber> that scans up to E sized. It took several tries, and about a half hour, but I got a slightly streaky 600dpi TIF for $0.89. It isn't perfect, but it has the advantage that it's all scanned on one coordinate grid. I also tried using Hugin (thanks Tomas for the pointer) to automate the stitching and Tomas did a stitch for me that I just downloaded by haven't looked at yet (I will very shortly and THANK YOU!).
In another development, I stumbled into the pen plotter nerd community and got some response on twitter. Someone with a pen plotter in New York State might make me a copy. I appreciate everyone's input. Thanks PLUG community! On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 5:23 PM Jim Karlock <[email protected]> wrote: > Haven't been there in years, but Kinko's (now FedEx), but I think I > recall a large format scanner there. > > thanks > JK > > At 03:24 PM 1/30/2019, Russell Senior wrote: > >I have a poster, an ASCII CODING CHART, from Milne Computer Center at OSU > >that's been on my wall for 30+ years. It was originally produced with a > pen > >plotter and has some nice font effects. I'd like to get it scanned. I > >tried on my flatbed scanner, but the working surface is too small and I > >need 6 scans to get it all (I realize I could do it in 4 with a different > >orientation), and stitching it together is *not perfect*. I am aiming for > >perfect. > > > >Does anyone have a large format scanner that can do at least 13x20 inches? > >I'd like 1200 dpi, but even 300 would be an improvement over my bodge job > >of stitchery. Or, do you know of a place I could reasonably get it done? > >My initial searches suggest local commercial options are quite expensive, > >like on the order of $50, which is moderately ridiculous, but maybe I > >haven't found the right people yet. > > > >Also, does anyone have an HP pen plotter? > > > >Thanks! > > > >-- > >Russell Senior > >[email protected] > >_______________________________________________ > >PLUG mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
