You are very mistaken. Closed by requiring membership and recording ID, opening possibilities of identity theft, piracy access, spamming, etc. I don't do promiscuous things like Twitter or Fazebook. > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Coleman > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 6:59 PM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Does anyone have a batch slide > scanner for borrowor sale? > > Twitter isn't closed. Just "open" your web browser. > > On Jan 4, 2013, at 18:57, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > >> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Lunde > >> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 7:10 AM > >> To: TCLUG Mailing List > >> Cc: TCLUG Mailing List > >> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Does anyone have a batch slide > scanner for > >> borrowor sale? > >> > >> I tried to do this very same project. The auto loaders jam and it > >> takes forever. > >> > >> Follow Scancafe on twitter and wait for a 1/3 off (or > better) sale. I > >> realize that this sounds like an ad, but I'm just a happy customer. > >> > >> I'd been playing with slide scanners on Linux (e.g. a > Coolscan LS-30 > >> with Vuescan) since 1998 (!) & finally went the SC route. > Wish I had > >> done so years ago. > >> > >> Thomas > > > > Have had need for lots of extra time per slide using my > scanner due to > > dust, etc. Just not practical, so SC is very attractive. > > > > I don't use Twitter, etc. Is there a more open way to > learn of sales? > > By 1/3 off do you mean 1/3 or more off the $0.22 batch > price shown on > > their site? Ie, less than $0.15 each in batches? > > > > > > I have mostly slides in standard plastic or cardboard > mounts. These > > are usually not flat. > > Does SC assure media is flat (or compensate - which?) > before scanning > > so all is sharp? > > > > Does SC <http://www.scancafe.com/> automatically remove dust and > > scratches at no extra charge, or are those digitized unless > extra work is ordered? > > > > I did not find clear answers for all these issues on their > site: where > > are these covered? > > > > > > Chuck > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >