[vogue28]

I just purchased an Epson Stylus SX405.. does anybody else have this scanner?

[vogue28]

When I scan a magazine cover which has fluorescent colour text. The text always has a different colour. It is always a more softer colour.. does anyone have any tips on how to change this?

[MissMagAddict]

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Originally Posted by vogue28 When I scan a magazine cover which has fluorescent colour text. The text always has a different colour. It is always a more softer colour.. does anyone have any tips on how to change this?

Interesting question since a fluorescent colour is a spot colour and can't be made from CMYK or RGB. You might try increasing the saturation to make the color appear more vivid.

[vogue28]

I tried that and the whole cover went weird..
I think I just need to play around with the settings or something..

[designerleather]

Couple of things...

Stay away from some of the HP scanners. I picked up a HP ScanJet G4010 a few months ago because my Epson was failing and was psyched because the scanner had 6-color, 96-bit scanning. I thought... SWEET... means less color correction for me...

Problem is, this scanner relies on PHYSICAL MEMORY... and this means that there are caps on image sizes. I am lucky if can get 200 DPI 8x10 images out of this thing. Maybe I am missing something, but teh more research I was doing, I was seeing others complaining this as well.

By contrast, I have an older Epson GT10000 which I love. Sucks that I still have to have a SCSI card, but especially with Euro mags... Being able to scan larger, A3 images is key. It is an older scanner, only 36-bit color I believe, but I can scan 600 even 1200 dpi and descreen and generate huge images.

Another piece as well. Some better scanning software does wonders as well. SilverFast or ArtScan offer a ton more features than a lot of the out of the box drivers, but have a learning curve as well

[*Bianca*]

Does anyone have a Brother scanner?

I recently bought the MFC-490CW
but can't work out how to descreen images?!

[*Bianca*]

Does anyone know any scanning software I can download that includes descreen? I can't tell you how angry I am to have bought a new scanner without this function available I primarily bought this for magazines, and the quality is just laughable... what a waste of $$. I can't believe they make them without a descreen option!?

Designerleather, do you know if SilverFast or ArtScan can be used with any brand of scanner?

[Filipe]

^Can't you take it back to them & get your money back? Best brands for scanners are HP & Canon imo.

[designerleather]

I looked up on both SilverFast and Art-Scan's websites and it appears that neither supports Brother scanners.

I have tended to like Epson, though their color reproduction sometimes takes a hit.

My problem with HP is scanners like the G4010 while it claims 96-bit scanning, it is LIMITED to PHYSICAL MEMORY... so though I can scan at 96-bits, even with 3GB of Ram, if you want to do ANY POST processing (dust and scratch removal, de-screening) the image size you can scan is TINY.

I think this may be a limitation of the HP Driver, but like your Brother, it is not supported by a lot of 3rd part software. Latest Version of Art-Scan does not function with my HP, though if I had paid about $40 more, the G4050 is supported by Silverfast.

All and all I find Art-Scan easier to use than SilverFast. Silverfast really is the far more powerful tool, but for me, a lot of this is scanning quickly and efficiently.

The word to the wise, sometimes it is better to check first: http://www.art-scan.com/scanners.html

I have also found that I prefer getting to know how to use software like Art-Scan and Silverfast so as my scanning hardware changes over the years, I don't get stuck with bundled software that does not do things like de-screen.

Another option, if you are a photoshop user is something like the Descreen plug-in:

http://www.descreen.net/eng/soft/descreen/descreen.htm

Haven't really used it, but might help you out removing moire and other artifacts.

[Dark Noire]

I have a question, how do you guys scan really big images that doesn't fit in your scanner using photoshop?

[nothingless]

I scan it in fours (if it fits that way) - upper left, upper right, bottom left, bottom right, and then just stitch the four parts together in Photoshop: make a canvas big enough for the entire image, put all 4 scans into the right corners, and then spend about an hour lining them up exactly lol.

[designerleather]

Even better... Get an A3 scanner. How many things do you have to scan that are larger than 11"x17"?

I used to do the line up in twos or fours and would drive me insane

[vogue28]

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Originally Posted by nothingless I scan it in fours (if it fits that way) - upper left, upper right, bottom left, bottom right, and then just stitch the four parts together in Photoshop: make a canvas big enough for the entire image, put all 4 scans into the right corners, and then spend about an hour lining them up exactly lol.

I do that as well.

[nothingless]

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Originally Posted by designerleather Even better... Get an A3 scanner. How many things do you have to scan that are larger than 11"x17"? I used to do the line up in twos or fours and would drive me insane

If only I had the cash for one lol!! I don't know about most of you - but I couldn't afford to buy a brand new A3 scanner when my good-quality A4 one is still working fine. :P Jealous of you!

[designerleather]

^ You can often look at office clear outs. I paid $125 for my Epson GT-10000.

The one good thing about a recession/depression is with so many business going under, you can get a steal on a lot of office electronics.