Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Art, A lot of possible reasons...First, the printer: have you done the head cleaning and alignment checks? Do you have the correct paper set? Also, be sure to turn OFF the "printer color management" and the "color management" in the driver. Do not waste time and money on non-Epson papers; as long as you are using the Epson inks, you will always get best results with Epson papers. Print in RGB mode. As for scanning resolution, I always scan at the highest resolution my scanner will give me. Some people say that this is a waste of disk space and slows Photoshop down by making the files bigger, but blank CDs are cheap and I want to get every pixel out of my slide or negative. Those are the things that immediately come to mind. If you are new to all this, I recommend a book by Blatner and Fraser, "Real World Photoshop". It is readily available at Amazon or in any decent bookstore. Nathan Arthur Leyenberger wrote: > Fellow LUGnuts: > I need some help! > I purchased an HP S20 scannerand Epson 1270 printer. I > took some what I think are beautiful shots with my > Leica R100 Macro, but I'm having trouble printing them > on the 1270. Specifically, I've scanned in the > negative of my Mom's cat at 2400 (max) and 1600 (I > believe). Then when I try to print at 8x10, I get > blotches of ink on the brownish cat fur (they look > like small horizontal stripes in a rectangular area, > maybe a dozen of them spread across the body of the > cat). > > I'm using Photoshop 5x to acuire twain (HP se20). 1270 > printer works OK otherwise (such as printing text, web > pages, even thumbnails in ACDSee of JPEG images). > Also, I am using both Epson premium glossy photo paper > and some Kodak glossy photo paper. > > So, what resolution should I use to scan in the negs > (slides next once I understand procedure)? Should I > use RGB mode in Photoshop? I'm new at this and am > eager to learn how to master this scanner/printer > combination. > thanks, as usual for the help. > .....Art in New Jersey > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send instant messages with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com/ - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium and Zurich, Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/