Scanning blue carbon copies

[Keith Morse]

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Joel Hammer wrote:

> This is an email I copied from another website I subscribe to.
> Is there a way to technical fix this problem?
> 
> Joel
> 
> 
>    The company I work for is an international importer. My own job is to
>    scan import documents into a webserver, so that the customers can view
>    the document online easily.
> 
>    As I scan over 1000 pages everyday, I've noticed that the airline
>    documentation is frequently carbon copies, and (here's the problem)
>    the carbon is blue. Invisible to scanners, and very hard for a typical
>    photocopier to reproduce. So for every file that I get with blue carbon
>    copies, it means making at least 1 photocopy per page.
> 
>    I really don't think it would be a problem to change the carbon color
>    from blue to black, but I don't know how to say this to the airlines
>    properly and be heard.
> _______________________________________________


Ya'd think that they could scan in color and then convert the blue into 
black or white or as they see fit.