OT: Scanning Question

[Leon]

You can send me a pic to leon@net54baseball.com and I will most likely be able to tell you the issue. Almost 99% of the time the scans/pictures taken are too large..

Originally Posted by chalupacollects

Going to try dropping DPI to 300 and see how that works.. have it at 1200 seems to dense though the scans are great...

[gregr2]

1200 DPI is wayyyyyy too high. If I scan a raw card at 1200 DPI it comes out at around 400 MB!! If I scan a card at 600 DPI it is 3.3 MB and the forum will be able to automatically downsize that one to a proper size.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by gregr2

1200 DPI is wayyyyyy too high. If I scan a raw card at 1200 DPI it comes out at around 400 MB!! If I scan a card at 600 DPI it is 3.3 MB and the forum will be able to automatically downsize that one to a proper size.

Wow, I have traditionally used 200 or 300. Didn't know 600 would be supported. That is good to know.

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[Dpeck100]

I purchased a Epson V600 to scan my cards for an SMR article and for the PSA card facts site.

They asked me to set it at 300 DPI and that is where I have left it. I use the preview option and then scale it down to crop the card.

My personal preference is to scan cards at night and then make the room pitch black and leave the lid up. They come out looking great.

I am not sure about the one you bought but the V600 has a high enough DMAX rating to scan graded cards for print and it is well worth the $200 bucks.

[John V]

Canon 9000F