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Article #4977Re: Ascii Scanners
From: Lyndon Nerenberg
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1988 03:58
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1988 03:58
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In article <2473@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> randall@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (0000-Randall Rathbun) writes:
>We're willing to look at a programmable scanner, if such exists. There has been
>talk about the Palantir Compound Document Processor, and the HP Scanjet, on this
>newsgroup, but we're looking for ascii file output.
The Palantir outputs ASCII files (with and without markups). It will handle
multiple generation photocopies (the silly thing will even scan the phone
book!)
If you want more information on what sort of output you can get from
the Palantir, send mail to John Lees (lees@nexus.ca).
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ncc!lyndon From: lyndon@ncc.Nexus.CA (Lyndon Nerenberg) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Ascii Scanners Keywords: scanner, ascii output Message-ID: <10367@ncc.Nexus.CA> Date: 4 Aug 88 03:58:58 GMT References: <2473@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> Reply-To: lyndon@ncc.nexus.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg) Organization: Nexus Computing Inc. Lines: 14