Thanks for your expertise.  I understand about pixels...Been into desk
top publishing for years.    It still doesn't make sense that the scanner
companies don't give you the right software and their tech support people
aren't much help either.
 
I had one scanner that would scan....but would not print as long as it
was hooked up.
I could place the scan on a page and save it.  Then unhook the scanner
and rehook the printer and then I could print (what a hassle).
 
The first scanner I had was a Umax and had to put a SCSI in my computer
and my computer never did recognize it.   I tried everthing including
many calls to UMAX tech support and they couldn't figure it out either.
 
I wonder about these guys who work under tech support.  Their big answer
was turn your cables around.  What a joke!
 
makuabob wrote:
 
> I have to agree with Kevin about the software making a large
> difference in how the scanner seems to perform.
>
> I have a relatively inexpensive color scanner and use it with
> Corel Photo-Paint 7.0+ -- it works quite well but there is an
> important consideration to bear in mind.
>
> For the best results (in my many hours of scanner experience),
> be sure to use good software (per Kevin's comments) AND scan
> images at the native resolution of the scanner. This is not
> the number usually advertised -- after all, they want you to
> buy their machine so the performance is "glitzed up" to seem
> truly special.
>
> The native resolution is how many pixel sensors are actually on
> the scanning element. In the case of my Scanport Color SQ3000,
> that number is 300 dots per inch (dpi). Scanning at this resolution
> feeds the "raw" data to the image program without the scanner
> software "massaging" it.
>
> This also reduces the problem of "artifacts" in things like
> half-tone images. Because this class of image is also created with
> distinct spots, there can be problems if its spots and your scanner's
> pixel sensors don't match real well.
>
> Unfortunately, it sounds simpler than it really is. There IS a
> learning curve as you get acquainted with how your image program,
> scanner software, and type of image interact.
>
> Good luck and Aloha.
>
> makuabob (a.k.a. Bob Dayle)
 
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