----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebekah" Subject: Re: Scanning woes
> >I've never felt it to be fair for customers to bring in dirty slides and >>expect us to clean them, though if the order was for only a couple of >>scans >>then it isn't so bad. > > I can't say I understand you here. At least, I sure haven't found a > way to keep my slides dust-free, and if I'm going to pay someone to > scan them, I think the least I could expect is for them to brush the > dang dust off before doing so, especially if they are claiming to be > 'professional'. These weren't scanned at Walmart or the grocery > store. Anyways, if you do know a way to have my slides tidy and clean > all the time, please let me know! :) I'm starting to think dust simply > grows on slides. Let me rephrase that. I've never felt it fair for customers to bring in dirty slides and expect us to clean them when usually they aren't willing to pay us for the time it takes to do it. Film seems to have an affinity for dust. Others have said, that isn't an excessive amount of dust, I still think it can be better though, but you have to be pretty proactive and clean the things before taking them in for scanning, and find some way of keeping the dust off them on the trip to the lab. How is the housekeeping at your lab? Do they keep things clean? Floors mopped often, perhaps the equipment in a seperate room from the service area? Most labs now are just a few machines plunked down in a big room with a few counters spread around to make things look good. This is not a good way to have a clean environment. I don't know about the climate you live in, I live in a very dry climate, which makes dust an incredibly difficult probplem to deal with. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
