I think what was missed was that he needs to make slides for this. Printing on to film is very harsh on the wallet.

First you should probly call around and rent a good SLR from a photo place.

But one thing that will help. Light the hell out of it so the flash dosn't go off. Also put the brightest light you got at a 45 degree angle from the papers. This will light most even and will not have a glare. Usefull for glass also.

Also if you get a SLR take the pick from fare away and use a 300mm lense to zoom it in to frame. this will lesson optical distortions of the fore shortining type..

Just a cuple of sujestions.