set of paper sizes established by the International Standards Organization (ISO) that ranges from 2A0 (the largest) to A7 (the smallest). The size of the paper goes down as the number goes up, and eac [..]

the size of the opening of the camera’s shutter. Aperture sizes are reported in F-numbers which are inversely proportional to the aperture size, so a 5.6 aperture setting is smaller than a 4 aperture [..]

the latest design of the bookscanner, by Dan Reetz, designed to be cutted in a CNC router. Read more.

a type of scanner that uses ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) to scan loose unaided pages and documents. Also called sheet feed scanner.

it’s a method to scan loose papers. It can be added as a feature of a flatbed scanner or be an ADF scanner standalone. Read more.

Automatic White Balance. See: White Balance.

a part of the book scanner, which holds the rest of the structure.

Bash is a command processor that allows the user to type commands, generally used to automate the execution of tasks through a script. Read more.

a 1-bit image, with a foreground colour and a background color (normally, black and white). It’s usually confused with ‘grayscale’, but actually grayscale is an 8-bit image. Read more.

a free software for postprocessing the pictures taken with a bookscanner. Read more about the project in SourceForge or in the DIY Book Scanner forum.