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Automated Slide Mounter(commercial)


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My local lab mounts 35mm by hand, and one thing I really miss is the fact that they don't imprint the frame number or date-something that every other E6 lab I've ever used has done.

 

I'm considering having them leave it uncut and mounting at home. I'd like a slide mounter out of a commercial lab that will cut, mount, and imprint from an uncut sheet. I know it's overkill, but it might also push me to doing 35mm at home. Plus, I can make my life easier by scanning unmounted before mounting for storage/projection(yes, I do the latter).

 

My preference would be for something that will do plastic since Gepe plastic mounts are cheap enough and make unmounting(if needed) easier at a later date. I'd go for paper, though, although I haven't checked on availability. Something that could also do glass mounts if I wanted would be nice, but not a necessity(I passed on spending a dollar on a few thousand Gepe glass mounts at a work surplus sale a year ago, and have kind of been kicking myself).

 

Can anyone suggest a commercial machine that will do what I want? From what I've seen, they seem to be cheap enough since the demand is low, but I don't want something that will be unservicable or require a proprietary mount I can no longer get. Date and frame imprinting is essential, and it would be nice if it has some capability to print additional info(although I don't know if such a beast exists).

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