Re: filmscanners: drum scanning services

2001-05-23 Thread TREVITHO
In a message dated 23/5/01 1:37:56 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think you are right, and they are saying some very strange things. Whenever I come across drum operators (in the context of magazine repro), they go to great lengths (4 or 5 words) to explain that my puny 4,000ppi scans are

Re: filmscanners: drum scanning services

2001-05-23 Thread TREVITHO
In a message dated 22/5/01 8:01:41 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Every drum scanning bureaux here (central London) seems to think asking for a file this big is ridiculous. One suggests 80Mb as a maximum another 120Mb. Why? Nobody can explain to me why I would want a small file and have

RE: filmscanners: drum scanning services

2001-05-23 Thread Laurie Solomon
PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 3:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: drum scanning services In a message dated 22/5/01 8:01:41 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Every drum scanning bureaux here (central London) seems to think asking for a file this big is ridiculous. One

Re: filmscanners: drum scanning services

2001-05-22 Thread Tony Sleep
On Tue, 22 May 2001 17:42:07 -0700 PAUL GRAHAM ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Have I got something wrong here? Is there nothing wrong with a 120Mb stepped up to 480 Mb? Or are drum operators simply too used to working to low repro standards? Why won't anyone do a large scan for me? I

Re: filmscanners: drum scanning services

2001-05-22 Thread Bill Ross
Whenever I come across drum operators (in the context of magazine repro), they go to great lengths (4 or 5 words) to explain that my puny 4,000ppi scans are no good even for a postage stamp headshot, and that they scan *everything* at 12,000ppi. Whereas the drum op at a place in San