Wanna Help Out With POD's??

[Unimatic1140]

I would love some acceptable donations for new "Pictures of the Day" by you guys and gals with vintage literature, scanners and photo editing knowledge. If you have all three and are willing to donate a little bit of time I, as well as everyone here would appreciate and enjoy your donation.

I have received some great POD submissions in the past and some not so great; I have relatively high standards for a picture to be become an automaticwasher.org POD:

1. Must be related to an Automatic Washer, Dryer or Dishwasher from the 1970's or earlier.

2. If there is text, it must be relevant and complete, for example; not page 2 of 3 of a brochure because one picture in the middle of it is "cool".

2. Must be scanned completely "straight" (I hate that word, how about not crooked) -- Jetcone that means you.

3. If the ad is too large to fit on your scanner, it must be scanned in sections and stitched together without obvious stitch lines and marks. I do this with most of our PODs.

3. Must be clear and in focus.

4. Must be scanned at 100dpi (dots per inch).

5. Cannot be a tiny little picture, it must fill the majority of a 1024x768 display screen.

If you wish to donate a POD(s) please create and email them to me at [email protected]. I will review them and if they pass muster I will post them in the system for next available showing within a week or so. If you picture gets posted please come on and tell us about the ad or brochure! Thanks everyone.

 

[retromom]

PODs

Robert:

We may have some interesting POD material. I'll get with Westy.

BTW, is that you going for a spin in the Apex? ;-)

 

[westytoploader]

Awww, no fair!!! I wanted to scan them crooked to give a different perspective! ;-)

 

[drmitch]

Well!

Someone who remains nameless had an Airway Sanitizer on the POD once! Couldn`t we sneek an Electrolux or a Hoover on there?

 

[SactoTeddyBear]

Re: Prior

Robert, I made Photo-Copies of several older Frigidaire Washer, Dryer and a few Stove/Refrigerator Appliance Ads and someone helped me with my Postal Mailing them and he Scanned them and sent them to you, to be put on the "POD" program for viewing. I have only seen a couple of the Pix's of the numerous Pix's that I selected and shared with the Club, since the Site was updated from "Classic Appliances" to "Automatic Washer" I would like to know what happened to my Pix's and would they be shown again, or might I be able to share them again, although I would have to ask for help again, if someone would be willing to Scan them, if I produce the Photo-Copies and Postal Mail them to someone to help me. I don't have Scanning capability on my Printer, but I would like very much to share these Pix's still/again.

Peace and Happiness, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...

 

[Unimatic1140]

Hi Steve, that was a while ago and I do remember posting some of them and rejecting some of the others for reasons stated in points 1-5 (should be points 1-7 but my numbering got all mixed up) in the first message of this thread. Photo copies do not make for good, clear scans.

 

[pulsator-power]

PODS

Robert, can we mail them to you, and can wringer machines be included?
Jerry
....and if so, what address?

 

[Unimatic1140]

Hi Jerry, thank you. Automatics only please, hence our site name. You can email them to me at webmaster @ automaticwasher.org.

 

[pulsator-power]

No, I meant if we actually want to mail you something
via the postal service & not email
Jerry

 

[Unimatic1140]

Hi Jerry, thanks very much for the offer. I've got hundreds and hundreds of ads, brochures, catalogs etc. so I don't need anything "analog" set to me via regular mail, that's not what I'm asking for. The hard and most time consuming part is the digital part (the scanning and making look clear and pretty process) that's what I'm asking help with. I'm so busy and always seem to have a full plate, so just having PODS emailed to me already to go that I can simply upload to the server would be a huge help.

 

[kenmore1978]

No scanner on printer

I assume you meant "no scanner on computer" not "no scanner on printer". Anyway, scanners are SO cheap now, in a lot of cases under $100 for a brand new one, and I suspect used ones are plentiful, that virtually everyone can afford one nowadays. The last 2 scanners I had people GIVE me. One was an Epson parallel port 600 dpi from about 1995 that worked and still works perfectly. It was replaced by an HP SCSI portscanner(faster scanning)of same vintage that was high end($1,000) at the time and that works MOST of the time (HP's software is sort of flakey, tends to lock up where Epson's software was flawless). Roommate found that same HP scanner at a thrift store for $15 and it worked perfectly. Go take a look at new ones, and check thrift stores and treat yourself. They come in SO handy.