707 Sportscards and Scans

[steve B]

On some scanners you can just leave the lid open. My scanner creates a nice black background that way.
(Epson perfection 2400 photo. Old, so probably unavailable. )

If I leave the lamp on that's rear it it gets a nice red/black fade and sometimes an image of the lamp which is a couple feet to the side of the scanner. Someday I'm going to try pointing it out the window to see what sort of picture I get.

Steve B

Originally Posted by Big Six

Most printer/scanners I've seen have a white backdrop so most folks don't know any better...now that I think of it, might tape a piece of black construction paper to the backdrop and see if that noticeably improves the image contrast...