Scanning raw cards

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Originally Posted by Jenx34

Do you scan vintage cards like that? How in the hell are they not getting damaged? Are the cards being scanned in that video raw, in soft sleeves, top loaders? I couldn't tell.

As mentioned, the cards that get scanned are scanned safely using the Fujitsu..... Scanned 500k+ over the past 6 years without a single issue. I did ask the same question when I bought my first Fujitsu, so to answer it, I took some nice looking cards from the 70s, scanned them and had no issues. I have been using a sheet-fed scanner ever since.

In the video, the cards are being scanned raw.

What many collectors seem to forget is that cards were not packaged by hand, but by machine. A modern sheet fed scanner is probably much more delicate handling the cards than the machinery used to package cards a generation or more ago. A sheet fed scanner is designed to handle and not damage 20LB paper (probably could handle 12-15 LB paper also), so anything heavier should be handled w/o damage.