Best way to scan/preserve art work

[antray84]

18 months ago I got a Pit Fighter shell for £50. I started a thread about what to do with it. It was missing it's control panel so it was open season to do something different as I never thought I would find one in the wild especially in the UK.

Then last week on a random eBay search a NOS CP overly was for sale in Sunderland. I couldn't believe it. If arrived the other day and it's a bit ropey in places, but I now have a 1-1 template to work from. I doubt there are too many more of these out there so I want to preserve it and get a copy of it.

So my question is what is the best way to do this? I have scanned it using my phone is this good enough? It's too big for the PC scanner. I will contact Olly at arcade art work. But wondered if anyone had done similar in the past?

 

[Flyback2021]

Definitely a good idea to have scanned in to preserve. I have sent over a side panel to Olly from a xenon last week and some door and side panels as not currently available as repro and tons of cabinets missing so definitely worth Contacting him.
I may have a pit fighter marquee somewhere if needed?

 

[antray84]

Turns out Olly has the CP artwork 🙃 not sure how I missed that. Although mine has all button and screw hole placements which is still useful. Would definitely be up for a marquee if you have one for the original cab. Missing a few bits still

 

[Flyback2021]

is yours printed on Lexan ?
will have a look for the marquee later

 

[Retroman839]

I have a pcb fully working

 

[antray84]

is yours printed on Lexan ?
will have a look for the marquee later

The marquee? I don't have one at all at the moment. I think the original is lexan reverse printed

 

[antray84]

I have a pcb fully working

If you fancy a trade I would be interested. 😁

 

[Retroman839]

If you fancy a trade I would be interested. 😁

I’m open to trades mate😁

 

[Spanky]

I found this company last year: autodocs

 

[Flyback2021]

The marquee? I don't have one at all at the moment. I think the original is lexan reverse printed

Original but old and fairly brittle not sure it would survive a post. Will be in US with work in a few Months can probably pick one up .

 

[Mikonos11]

The best way to preserve the file is to make a good scan at 600 dpi and save it in Tif format with a good flatbed scanner. If the file is very large, you can do it in several files or take it, better, to a professional place to be scanned with a giant scanner.

I am the biggest collector in the world today and I have thousands of original files, many of them I have already scanned and I follow these steps:

How To do A Perfect Scanning Work (By Mikonos):

0) Disable auto-cropping and any other effects that alter the raw file (for example: autofocus).

1) Scan at 600 DPI and tiff, bmp or png format if you can. If not, 300 dpi.
2) Clean Piece to scan so well, with alcohol in some cases.
3) Clean the Scan machine's glass with a cotton cloth and alcohol (almost first time). Clean all around of the scan machine too with some wet piece of cloth.
4) IMPORTANT: Scan in complete darkness. Turn off your computer monitor or turn back/down. This way you can avoid brightness differences between scanned files.
5) Press piece against scan machine's glass. If you can down the cap, put some weight over it in a homogeneous way, but press the piece lightly for to avoid burred scan files.
6) Clean piece and scan machine's glass every 2 scan for to remove dust.
7) IMPORTANT: Overlap 5 cms (2 inches approx.) between scan files.
8) Don't change scan machine orientation for to scan. If you started taking horizontal scanned files, follow with the same orientation and without turn 180º your machine.


Best Regards


Mikonos (Zona Arcade's Webmaster)

 

[mourix]

Here's how I've done it. It would be very nice to have a public scan so this type of rare stuff is not only in the hands of people who want to make a buck.

 

[Mikonos11]

Yes, it is important to contribute to improving this hobby selflessly, not only by saying that you are going to do it, but also by demonstrating it with actions.

For example, in addition to having written hundreds of tutorials, publishing informative videos about the arcade and pinball hobby, having my own website related to these hobbies and rescuing original and digital arcade/pinball art, I contribute to projects like this one that I am going to show more than a decade ago. This is the latest thing I have given to the community:

https://www.mameworld.info/ubbthrea...122&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1

Because I am the best arcade and pinball art restorer that exists today, I am happy to contribute with my talent, as well as contributing in other ways.

Minwah, as a user of this forum, also knows the great contribution I made to his frontend. I think I am the biggest contributor, after himself.

As some users remind us, both those who contribute the most and those who contribute the least, it is important to contribute to the cause, not only with words, but also with actions.