My printer jammed halfway through an 1850s whaling chart and taught me a hard lesson about paper

Wesley Clark · 2026-09-21T01:25:04.283669+00:00

Tried to scan a brittle 1850s whaling chart from New Bedford on my flatbed last week and the thing crumpled into the feeder, tearing a 2 inch corner off the Azores. I let it sit flat under a heavy book for 3 days after that and now it lies almost perfect. Anyone got a trick for humidifying old paper before it goes near a scanner?

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