The pages had to be cut on all four edges for smooth feeding. The project required the purchase of a $10,000 guillotine to accomplish this. The guillotine was somewhat dangerous, required in-depth training in use and safety, slowed the process, was a public relations nightmare for the library community, and obviated the economy of the inexpensive scanner.
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excerpt from the million dollar books project (what seems to be an industrial?) report.
the highly expensive, somewhat dangerous machine to chop book pages was admittedly, annoying as shit.
