Had a play with two sample copies, one of which needed a bit of post processing to remove marks, etc.
Initial observations are
(a) a good quality (for purpose) scan results in around 340kb/page. The set would take around three CDs or a DVD.
(b) an acceptable resample pushes this down to around 80kb/page. This quality is more than usable for a screen read and prints out to hard copy with more than acceptable quality. File sizes around 2-4 Mb would suit ftp downloads.
(c) process is reasonably labour intensive and, allowing for a fast machine A3 colour scan, some tidy up post processing, and pdf collation at both output qualities, is going to take around 1-2 manhours per issue, depending on the time taken for graphic tidy-up. Looking at the very much slower domestic A4 scanners one could double, or triple, this time estimate quite easily.
(d) A3 output appears to be the way to go to accommodate those double page graphic spreads which appear throughout the crash comics from time to time ...
I have asked a colleague to engage CASA re the copyright consideration and will advise what outcome may ensue.
Comments and thoughts ?