Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Fellow LUGers, I am brand new to the scanning game and am seeking any tried and true tips. I have a N**** LS-2000, an Epson 1270, PhotoShop LE, and the book "Real World Scanning and Half Tones." The book is helpful, but I need to get some decent prints out by Christmas (they're for relatives; they don't have to be "perfect" but I'd like to convince the family that all this money going into Leicas is for a reason) and I'm hoping to avoid a lot of trial and error. Some specific questions: 1) Are there any "standard" ppi/resolution settings people use in the N**** scanning software? For instance, what is the best resolution to scan at? Should one choose the setting for "Multiscanning?" and if so, 1x, 4x, or 16x? Does one need to utilize the "Clean Image" process?, etc. 2) Without a tutorial on Photoshop, what are the basic settings for printing? I am not asking about adjusting the image, just "standard" settings to get me by initially. Is there a marked dropoff in quality from 1440 to 770 dpi? Is there a setting to save ink without to much degradation of the image? 3) Is there a way to align the paper exactly, so there is no disparity in the white border surrounding the image? I have had fairly good success with the images themselves, but usually a warning window comes up telling me the image is too big for the paper and it adjusts itself somehow and the image ends up not being perfectly centered. When I set the width in Photoshop to 11'', the length never comes out to 81/2." It's always seven something. Is this normal? I've been a member of the LUG for about 9 months and this is my first foray into getting some help. Operating an M6 is one thing, this scanning and printing stuff is another skill set altogether. Thanks in advance for any tips and Happy Holidays, Craig Semetko