it may be worthwhile to get a new printer. At our local Fry's they have a Epson 880 for $49 and I've seen similar deals on the net. I don't think you can really go wrong at that price (2880dpi).
Delano > From: "Mick Maguire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:51:22 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: OT: Scanning and printing > > Well, I have tried pretty well every thing I can think of, scanning at > different resolutions, adjusting the dpi of the image from everywhere > between 150 and 1200 dpi and the results always seem to be about the same. > The printer driver is set to Best quality and the paper type is set to be > photo paper. I tried both options of raw printing or scaling and I always > end up with exactly the same problem. The image of the scanned output is > magnified from what you actually get. I would say that it is probably up to > 10x what you see on the paper. Perhaps I am just hoping for too much from > this old 600 dpi printer. > > Regards, > /\/\ick... > > +----------------------------+ > | | > __/) Mick Maguire | > ((((| Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > (\\\\_/) ICQ: 48609010 | > \ / | > \ /---------------------------+ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Scott > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Scanning and printing > > >> After reading much about ink-jet "prints" etc here I thought I would try >> printing my scans on my DeskJet. Equipment as follows: >> >> Hardware >> Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II >> HP DeskJet 840C (Max res 600x1200) with Kodak picture paper >> >> Software >> VueScan >> Paintshop Pro >> on Windows 2000 > > That's pretty yucky alright. What are the numbers involved? > > Have you tried scanning your Negative/slide at max rez with the scan dual? > Then you open that with your photo program and save it at what numbers? > > Dan Scott > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
