The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 1, January 2, 2005, Article 5

ON SPINE-CRUSHING PHOTOCOPIERS

  In response to the item in last week's issue about two
  Xerox researchers who developed software to correct the
  distortion near the spine of a photocopied book, David
  Gladfelter writes: "The New Jersey State Library used to
  have a photocopier for public use designed to allow pages
  in a book to be copied without opening the book flat. 
  The glass copying surface was located right at the edge 
  of the copier so that the copies could be made while the
  book was resting partly against the side of it. 
  Unfortunately for the library volumes, this design didn't
  catch on.

  [Hillman Library at the University of Pittsburgh had one
  of these machines, too, and I was sorry they never became
  the norm in all libraries.  Last week's article did 
  mention this model, although only in passing.  The new
  software can't come soon enough for my tastes - that
  spinal distortion is frustrating to deal with. -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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