I'm hoping to contribute to CPR by doing a backglass.    I don't wanna reveal the backglass title until I'm committed to the project.

The hardest part seems to be finding a graphics company in Ottawa that does large format scanning.    I found one place "Gilmour Productions", but their scanner must roll the glass through.   The maximum thickness can be 1/4".  
http://global.oce.com/products/TC4-scanner/Default.aspx

It seems a bit scary to roll painted-glass through the scanner.  They mentioned noone in Ottawa has a Cruise (flatbed) scanner.

Any ideas of where in Ottawa (or Montreal) to find a good graphics shop with a large-format flat bed scanner.   Or a large-format photo-table?

Cruse scanner:
http://www.akranprinting.com/about/technology.htm

http://english.crusechina.com/_d269278266.htm

It's tricky for sure.. you might be better off trying to get one of those old hand-held scanners and piecing it together in Photoshop

Quoted from OTTOgd

Cruse scanner:
http://www.akranprinting.com/about/technology.htm

http://english.crusechina.com/_d269278266.htm

Awesome.   I guess my google skills need refresshing.   Funny how the 5 graphic studios said noone in Ottawa had a Cruse scanner.   I'll give them a shout right after work gets out of the way....

Quoted from Tuborg

The hardest part seems to be finding a graphics company in Ottawa that does large format scanning.    I found one place "Gilmour Productions", but their scanner must roll the glass through.  

same thing here....   not too crazy about the  "drum scanner" ideal...... crunch!
you can always do it in 12 passes
good luck!  

I called the Akran place and got a quick quote of $150.  

Seems pricey.   Maybe a bad time to call on Friday afternoon.

Quoted from Tuborg

I called the Akran place and got a quick quote of $150.  

Seems pricey.   Maybe a bad time to call on Friday afternoon.

Actually, that seems about right.

Doug

Quoted from MAGNETO

you can always do it in 12 passes
  

150 bucks!!!!

If that's what it takes Doug, I will cover the cost... somehow. lol

Spoke to a guy in the US that had a NOS Barracora glass scanned for CPR future use and he said it cost him $150

Quoted from wbradley

Spoke to a guy in the US that had a NOS Barracora glass scanned for CPR future use and he said it cost him $150

Great - good to know.   Yeah, I guess the price seems fair.  The roller-scanner quoted $5 a sq-foot - so roughly $40.   The guy wasn't too interested was more the comment.   Its definitely worth a shot.

There is a discussion from today about reproduction on backglasses or translites.

Someone offered a service to create repros if you send him a picture. He will NOT do any further work on the picture, hence any correction or color corrections must be done before. The price for a reproduction is 30 Euro. the quality of the pictures should be 200dpi. The material he wants to do it is opal or transparent slide material.

Looks that he has the possibility to do it on a DURST LAMBDA®™ — The Large-Format Photo Laser Imager
http://www.durst.it/en/durst-phototechnik-ag/home/products-photo/lambda-hs.html

Maybe you can find someone with a machine located somewhere here in Canada.

Video that shows examples at the end (German): http://www.erlerundpless.de/index.php?id=154

Pinball source: http://www.flippermarkt.de/community/forum/showthread.php?t=75241

I can print them on backlight material here at work as well.. just need the scan

Not as nice as the real thing, but better than nothing.  

Hey Brock, If a second print on opaque vinyl/film is done just for the blocking areas (from an image of the reverse of the backglass) do you think the image would be comparable to the original? I would cut the light blocking areas and stick to the reverse of the translight.

actually with the material we use the image is printed on the front, so your best bet would be to mask off the areas at the back that you'd like to show light and then spray the rest of the area with a silver paint -- just my thoughts.. I've never tried this before, either.  

My opinion? if you are going to repro a backglass on a translite, you will have to also repro the back of the glass to create the opacity effect. I would take a quick scan, make low-tack vinyl stickers of the translucent areas, stick them on the back of the translite, paint the back a silver gray and then remove the vinyl stickers. Presto. you have created the same effects.

My intention is to get a second transparent or semi transparent sheet, trace the lines of the transparent translight areas,  cut and stick to the rear of the translight for masking. I can use a tacky spray glue used for stencilling to hold on the masking. I will then spray on a masking layer, perhaps a dull gray or silver like the original.

Got an offer from a guy in NY to buy a copy of a scan of a NOS Barracora but the scan cost him $150.00 and he asked me to make him an offer....no clue what that should be without being a sucker/cheapskate.

Can't be gray unfortunately.. it HAS to be silver to block out the light.  The reflectiveness of the silver paint is key to bouncing the light away, where is gray will still let most of the spectrum through...