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How can I scan old newspapers at home? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I need to legibly scan/digitize whole newspapers. The sheets are roughly 34 x 24 inches (86 x 60 cm). The scanner on my printer is way too small. I've tried several (Android) phone apps, but they only operate on single photos, making small text illegible.

It feels like there should be an app for this. A document scanner that stitches images together like a panoramic photo. But I haven't found anything quite suitable.

I would greatly prefer a free (or cheap) solution. This is hopefully a one-time thing. I don't want to buy a flatbed scanner or send the documents away to some company.

I'd appreciate your thoughts.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Just went through this but with books.

If you look on Amazon there’s a company called CZUR that makes scanners which are a camera on a stick with a foot pedal. Turn the page, take a picture. I had one and returned it as the image quality wasn’t much different than using my phone and the scanners are expensive.

There’s jigs and rigs you can buy or make for the phone and then just use a scanner app.

You’re going to want to find a solution that will stitch the image together from several scans. I am drawing a blank but I know I saw one in my research, either a phone app or this scanner does it.