Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a large A3 flatbed scanner, UMAX Mirage - its only 1400 x 1400 dpi and D Max is probably low but for paper originals in colour it is ok but it is superiour for scanning material that has been printed removing the "screen dots" - with a raster/dot mesure tool I mesure the number of dots/lines in the print an through costum setting I can set the scanner to move them - I works much better then any other anti-dot scanner I have tryed and it has come in handy at times when I have been waiting for a Museum Transperancy to arive from the other side of the world and finally had to make the reproduction from a book because I was to close to the printers deadline. I wish UMAX would make this scanner A3 + size - 4,2 DMAX and 4000 dpi - It takes tranparancys but that i really bad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel ROCHA" <daniel.rocha@free.fr> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Flatbed scanners for photographs > Curtis Fant wrote: >> What flatbed scanner is good that might be able to handle mounted >> photographs where the photograph is about 6 x 8" on an 11x14" board? > > See also the Epson 4870. I own one. > >> I have an HP 3970, and the glass can't be removed easily to clean, >> phantom dust comes out in the photographs that isn't there in the >> originals and it has this recessed scan area that will only take >> letter sized things. > > With Epson flatbed scanners you can found tutorials to show how to > clean the glass. > >> Are all flatbed scanners junk? > > It's hard to imagine a perfect flatbed scanner ! > A film dedicated scanners are very expansive ! > > > <> Daniel Rocha - Photographie <> > http://www.monochromatique.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information