< snip > > > > It might be that you're scanning in colour and sending to a b&w printer. > > > > Either the printer or (more likely) the scanner is dithering the > > picture, and it's probably down to the settings you are using to scan > > the image. I saw this about 12 months ago using XSane and an HP > > scanner. Can't remember the setting I changed, I can have a look later > > if you get stuck. > > Thanks for the suggestion and I will go back and check the settings > which, as far as I know, have not been changed for several years. > > I have now had the chance to try another scanner and exactly the same > thing happens. So, it begins to look as though something has changed in > the software responsible for converting the signal from the scanner to > the printer. What would be a good way to try to find the culprit? To get some more evidence, I scanned a document via Gimp and printed from there and the same thing happens, pale and broken lines. However, when I print from Gimp via TurboPrint the text is much darker and not broken although, the individual lines appear to be somewhat thicker than the original.
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