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[Dave Frederickson]

The concern here seems to be the preservation of vintage manuals. While a flatbed scanner with an ADF is certainly the easiest way to scan a manual, some manuals are perfect bound, like the 85B, and scanning on a flatbed would require removal of the binding or at least damaging it.

More recently camera-based scanning is becoming popular. The Portable PLUS Service Manual was scanned with a phone camera and software that would correct the distortion due to perspective.

http://www.jeffcalc.hp41.eu/hpplus/files...manual.pdf

Fancy camera mounts are even available. This one works with an iPAD.

https://ipaddocumentcamera.com/products/...ics-module

Book scanners are also available.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Fast-Boo...97588.html

Also, Manuals Plus, who sold many vintage HP manuals closed in 2015. Some of us were lucky enough to get in on the liquidation of stock and were able to buy some manuals at a very good price.

I recently discovered that Tucker Electronics, who sold vintage HP equipment and manuals has reduced their inventory to just a few scanned copies of manuals.

Finally, 360 Technologies who once had the largest inventory of vintage HP equipment has sold out and can no longer be found on the web or eBay (360dibs).

Dave