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Old February 20th 06, 01:43 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Scanning photos onto one's hard drive - why are the photos clearer than the scan

Patrick Briggs wrote:
Hi,

Does anybody understand why when one scans photos off an Epson 1200
Perfection (not accurate I think) scanner the results are slightly less
sharp than looking at the photo itself.

I'm scanning at 600 dpi and resizing the picture to 1100 x 700 pixels.
I import the picture into Adobe Acrobat 6.0

I wonder if it's something to do with older scanner technology (it's a 5
year old scanner at least) or just a reality of scanning photos with
consumer scanners. I assume that $1000 scanners used by ad agencies
don't have this problem.


I assume you are scanning prints? if so then be aware that very few
prints will have a lot of detail at 600 dpi. If you want a good test
of the scanner scan a section of a dollar bill, these have very high
resolution and should show you what you scanner is capable of.

Scott