Re: filmscanners: drum scanning services

[TonySleep@halftone.co.uk (Tony Sleep)]

On Tue, 22 May 2001 17:42:07 -0700  PAUL GRAHAM (peegee@btinternet.com) 
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 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 no good even for a postage stamp headshot, and that they scan 
*everything* at 12,000ppi. Where have you tried? Metro should know what 
they are talking about.

Regards 

Tony Sleep
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