In a message in a bottle, Mary writes:
> Chriftopher could probably provide more information on this, since he
recently upgraded.
> I have some B&H contact numbers if you would like them.


I recently upgraded not through money but through ,,, the kindness of
strangers.  So I didn't shop my higher end Bell & Howell reader printer.
However, to address the rather muddy query about making the film more usable:

        1.  If you computer-whizzerds can digi-scan (with OCR) off microfilm of 75+
year old newspapers I'll eat my ... website.  Sounds like baloney to me.  I
can barely get usable scans off the actual newspaper, let alone a film version
of same.

        2.  If you want a mass blowback provider - that is, if you want something
more usable than the film - then a place that has given me astoundingly good
service at astoundingly cheap prices is:

Image Processors
1744 Portland Ave.
Wallah Wallah, WA 99362        voice:   800-822-8238

They blowback 35mm film (some maps, mostly books and microfilm copies of photo
collections) at about 5 cents a page for an 8.5x11 xerox.  I had some 16x20s
done a year ago - I think it was 20 cents a page.

Best,  Christopher (descendent of Thomas Jefferson)