Does anyone do nondestructive scanning with a flatbed? Having issues with reflections.

[TimBisley]

I've been experimenting with learning techniques and scanning methods with my new flatbed scanner and things were looking good until I noticed most pages have a reflection in the gutter. I can get get a clear scan of just about the entire gutter equal to what debinding would get but there is a vertical reflection that goes down the entire gutter. Is there any way in Photoshop to easily fix this that can be utilized during batch editing? The only solutions I found require to much manual work for hundreds of pages.

I'm at a bit of a loss. I'm new to this and thought I would give a shot at trying to scan things non destructively. I know the preferred method is to just debind but to make this economically feasible I was hoping to purchase magazines, scan, and resell. Would scans with reflections like this be accepted here?

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[E-Day]

Unless the magazines are staple bound, this is going to continue to be a problem, Perfect bound magazines have spines that are too thick to scan in tact properly without coming across this problem. That's why just about every perfect bound issue is destroyed in order to scan it. Staple bound issues are easier to scan in tact since you can fold the magazine over on itself in order to have both sides be the same thickness which reduces the gutter shadow and gutter glare.

[MigJmz]

Yea there's no way around it magazines need to be removed from the spine to get a good scan.

[TimBisley]

I was able to get rid of the glare by scanning the magazine sideways. Whether or not I can develop a workflow that doesn't take ages and drive me nuts is another matter. I may end up taking a very long and overly circuitous route to debinding. I thought It'd be worth a shot to try at least.