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Re: Flatbed Scanner



 I took a quick look at the specs for the scanner, and while it is a really 
cool hires scanner, I didn't see any specs about stepping it down much. 

It may be that it only produces 300, 2400, and 4800 ppi. I'm surprised 
that there is no option for 600 DPI because that's more or less the 
defacto resolution of print business graphics these days. 

I'm pretty sure it is not a bug in SANE as I have a 600dpi option on my HP 
Office Jet. 

What do you use the scanned graphics for? 300DPI color or gray scale may 
be good enough for your task. On the computer screen, all zommed, things 
look worse than when printed. 

>>>>>> "mark" == markw  <[hidden email]> writes: 
> 
>     mark> So, you'll need about 3G to scan 8.5x11 paper at 2400 dpi, but 
> using 8bit 
>     mark> gray scale may work for you now. 
> 
> I'm using gray scale, or actually black and white.  It works, but is 
> really slow at 2400. And it not only makes the computer slow while I'm 
> doing it, but forever afterwards whenever I deal with that file.  At 
> 300 it's the speed I expect, but I need better resolution than that. 
> 
> I'm missing my old Cannon, but I really didn't want another one 
> because it didn't last anything like as long as I thought it should. 
> 
> -- 
> Laura   (mailto:[hidden email] http://www.laymusic.org/ ) 
> (617) 661-8097 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 
> 
> Thus, for instance, the Liberal party (to which I belong) was, in its 
> period of exile, always saying, "0 for a Gladstone!" and such 
> things. We were always asking that it might be strengthened from 
> above, instead of ourselves strengthening it from below, with our hope 
> and our anger and our youth. Every man was waiting for a leader. Every 
> man ought to be waiting for a chance to lead. 
> 
> G. K. Chesterton 
> 


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