Maybe if something like this were improvised for microfiche viewing.


I'm still trying to find information for any companies that make microfiche cards.

Well, I didn't know such viewer existed.

Have you tried to take photos : black and white negatives and then invert them ?
Could be OK for a few photo. Maybe not for whole books.....


Alain

[Edit] after some more thinking ..... why invert the negatives ? If it's only text, white characters on black background should be OK .....
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On transparencies the print will wear off pretty quickly (BTDT). Having to wipe it off is bound to hasten the process. If I was going to make my own, I'd print on paper and laminate it.

Just the first useful link from google scanning services for microfilm / microfiche

Thanks for the link miniMe. Now I know there are companies out there that still make microfiche. Now all I have to do is pick a book, books or portions of books to have copied to microfiche. Any suggestions?

I figure I'll laminate the microfiche card to prevent the text from wearing off. As M_a_x suggested.
or
Maybe I'll see if the microfiche company can copy the text onto the front and back of a card or piece of paper and then I can laminate that. Again as M_a_x suggested.

He ? are you sure ??
I thought Microfiche were read via transparency of the media .......
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Alain

One more glitch!
I'm not sure, but I bet most microfiche companies will refuse to copy a book you don't own the copyright to. Or.. at least have permission from the publisher.
Let us know if you run into that problem.

There are two possible solutions. (1) print on waterproof paper (rite in the rain or similar) available from a number of places online. (2) print on transparency material and laminate. I have thought of doing the latter for maptools. Print your own from http://maptools.com/FreeTools/ for UTM grids, scales, etc... Printing straight to transparancy material is prone to wearing off as previously stated.

AFAIK, microfiches are on a transparent media.
If you print something on a non-transparent media, you cannot use it in a standard powered microfiche reader.
(light has to come thru the media)

But you surely can print whatever you want on any other media (except it's no longer a standard microfiche)


Alain

Many years ago, in a lifetime far away, I did commercial photography. I made a series of very high quality 35mm film strips of needed documents (used kodalith film with nikon macro camera) and carried them in a 35mm film can. Used with a good commercial eye loupe maginfier they worked very well. Until they got wet...... The emulsion on film is not water resistant and will quickly scratch or slide off the backing.

As a result, I now carry my data on a palm with 256megs of removable storage. Agreed, not bomb-proof, but works well for me. Easy to update and all that. I have carried a palmtop through mayhem for over 10 years. Have yet to have it fail. Which means of course it will die today. But the media is removable and can be loaded into any PC. I think the media (Compact Flash Card) is much more robust than film. Even the palm is better than film (in my opinion). we have two identical palmtops and solar rechargabe batteries in our kits.

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