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I'd the printer a laser printer or inkjet? The problem with stinkjet is they dissolve on contact with water, laser printing does not.


Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
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G'day all
Many thanks to Sean for the initiative. Brilliant!
These docs are important to Victa collectors.

Many thanks to Max, MF and MarkN for helping me
understand the issues.

Microfilm was - in hindsight - an interim technology.
I wish libraries had never engaged with it!

Cheers
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Jack

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Originally Posted by CyberJack
Microfilm was - in hindsight - an interim technology.
I wish libraries had never engaged with it!

Cheers
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Jack

Was that on anticipation of improved computers? I guess PDF files became the eventual solution.

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Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
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Im still looking into it but I believe I may be able to buy an attachment for my phone and program that "MIGHT" be a viable option for reading microfiche film. So leave it with me but I think I'm on to something that might work but before I shell out $100 or $300 I must know that it does exactly what we want! I have 2 options for the phone and I have seen 1 old school reader that was quite pricey.

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G'day Sean ,Mf ,Jack and MarkN Looking at the Microfilm reader and the magnification is up to 90 X ,there seems to be a few ways that this can be done. Cheers Max.

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You are looking at the same pieces of equipment as I am. Awesome stuff Max, if you don't want to pay for one I'll happily buy one and if you are open to lending me the film I'll go ahead and scan it all and post it! But some excellent news Max

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I have a complete folder full , not just Victa info Sean so I will need to buy one myself but thanks for the offer. Cheers Max.

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Oh, I hope you find a good reader Max! If you don't post it I'd love to get a copy of them. Just private message me if it's too much information and we can work out a way to share it if you're OK with that?

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Hello All, I have finally managed to digitise microfiche #17, Victa Domestic Bulletins 1981 - 1983. The source fiche are of variable quality and the resulting scans have been "cleaned up". My challenge was finding a balance between image quality and file size to fit within the 2.86 MB up load limit. Any suggestions on optimising this would be welcome. The resulting three pdf files are attached. Hopefully these Technical Bulletins will be of interest. Mark

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