Scanner question

[steve B]

The software for my scanner (Epson perfection2400photo) lets you chose the resolution. I've assumed others do as well.

I usually choose the higher resolution if it's not really expensive. I never thought I'd use 1200, let alone higher, but I'm using it more as my eyes get worse. And I've used some scans at 2400 to look at a few things. Much beyond that is pretty much overkill for printed items. For examining details of photos as much resolution as you can get is better as long as the photo is in focus.

Most of the pictures in my pictures folder were done at around 200 dpi, the ones showing close details were usually at 800 or 1200 then resized.

Steve B

[T206Collector]

Read this thread:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ighlight=pixma

The scanner I got was an all-in-one and is terrific! It's less about resolution, and more about having the ability to adjust the depth to scan the card underlying the plastic.

I use Google's free Picassa software for fine tuning, and voila:

[GoldenAge50s]

I believe Minty mis-spoke---You want a CCD scanning element, NOT CIS!

CIS (Contact Image Sensor) is only good for scanning perfectly FLAT items like a sheet of paper or a page.

For objects w/ any THICKNESS at all (slabs or the like) you need a CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) or your scans will not be sharp & clear.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

I believe Minty mis-spoke---You want a CCD scanning element, NOT CIS!

CIS (Contact Image Sensor) is only good for scanning perfectly FLAT items like a sheet of paper or a page.

For objects w/ any THICKNESS at all (slabs or the like) you need a CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) or your scans will not be sharp & clear.

Yes, I picked up a Canon CCD for 35.00 based on recommendations in an older thread and it works great. I think I know what you alluding to with the MP; the size of the image does not matter when you have the CCD scanner, assuming you were thinking (like I did) that you have to make and incredibly large image and compress it in order to decrease the blurred areas. Don't know if that is what you meant though.