New Epson v370 scanner results

[IgnatiusJReilly]

Originally Posted by Empty77

Dear Ignatius,



I'm using the v370 like OP and have never figured out how to keep it from what I suspect is reflecting the scanner light off the edges of PSA slabs and capturing that in the produced jpeg. Would you mind sharing your exact settings, to tell if it is perhaps something to do with the more robust 600 model, or if it is a setting that the 370 also has but I just don't have tweaked properly...?

I’m traveling now but can send my settings when I get home. From what I can remember, I’m using 24 bit color with 400 dpi. A big trick for me is to scan with the lid open in a dark room. That really makes a sharp contrast to the black background. Hope that helps in the mean time!


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[Empty77]

Originally Posted by IgnatiusJReilly

From what I can remember, I’m using 24 bit color with 400 dpi. A big trick for me is to scan with the lid open in a dark room. That really makes a sharp contrast to the black background.

Thanks, I did learn the lid-up trick a while back and use it exclusively, since I agree the rich black background makes the best images, but on mine I still get lots of reflective spots that are not present on the pic of your PSA slab, so we'd be interested in knowing the full details of your settings...

[IgnatiusJReilly]

Originally Posted by Empty77

Thanks, I did learn the lid-up trick a while back and use it exclusively, since I agree the rich black background makes the best images, but on mine I still get lots of reflective spots that are not present on the pic of your PSA slab, so we'd be interested in knowing the full details of your settings...

Here’s an image of the epson scan palette. Everything should be there




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[Empty77]

Originally Posted by IgnatiusJReilly

Here’s an image of the epson scan palette. Everything should be there

Thanks. What about sizing in the Pro mode? I had tried using the Pro mode before like you show, but fell back to using the Office mode since on that one it was easy to create a sizing profile for slabs of differing dimensions--but I gave on Pro when I couldn't get it to give me that control...

[ZiggerZagger]

Originally Posted by IgnatiusJReilly

Here’s an image of the epson scan palette. Everything should be there

My setup looks very similar on the Epson V600, and I love the scan quality.
Only differences are:
--I scan at 300 dpi rather than 400, as the size of .TIF files is more manageable that way.
--I do use the Descreening tool at 175 lpi as well, in addition to the Unsharp Mask.

I use Pro Mode as well, with a cracked SGC half slab placed horizontally across the lower lip of the scanner bed, and then the slab I'm scanning placed vertically flush up against that slab. Gives a nice even placement every time that way.
Then I use the Autolocator tool after Preview scan to approximate card and manually adjust borders to fit the slab, prior to the final Scan.
Scanning several cards at the same time is more efficient, to cut down on resizing all the time.
I always scan in a fully blacked-out room, with lid open for best results

I love this scanner, and can't imagine not having my entire collection to view this way.


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