[1170] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Full-Text CD-ROMs and ARIEL
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bkatz@cosy.uoguelph.ca)
Wed Sep 9 17:39:20 1992
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:28:04 CDT
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From: bkatz@cosy.uoguelph.ca
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
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David Proctor of Texas Tech U. Library posed some ideas re linking these two
technologies together. I attach a response from one of my colleagues, who is
well versed in the possibilities.
Bernard Katz, U of Guelph Library
Guelph, Ontario
bkatz@cosy.uoguelph.ca
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From: rdaehn@cosy.uoguelph.ca
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 11:44:25 EDT
To: bkatz@cosy.uoguelph.ca
Thank you for forwarding this item, Bernard.
It's indeed a logical extension of the use of Ariel and has been mentioned
before. Unfortunately, it's not possible since the only way Ariel can print
something is if it's been scanned first - it can't take a document that's
already in digital form and then print it. (Since there are different ways
to store documents and different methods of compression, the problem is
also far more complex than it would appear at first glance, even if Ariel
could read files not created through first scanning using Ariel.)
Ralph [Daehn]
