RE: streaks in scan

Good policy. ;-)

The peripherals were flanking the scanner. The problem still exists, mind
you, but it is less obvious.

Thanks for all the kind advice. I'm jumping through hoops with Epson now
to see if I'm just too picky for what their product has to offer, or if I
really just have a bum scanner.

Jon

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Baird, Darryl wrote:

> Jon,
>
> How close were those peripherals to the scanner? I have an electric
> pencil sharpener next to the scanner and it makes my computer screen
> do a weird hula dance over a disctance of four feet. Of course I never
> sharpen pencils while scanning;-}
>
> Darryl
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Lybrook [mailto:jon@terabear.com]
> Sent: Tue 4/27/2004 2:16 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: streaks in scan
>
> Hi Sam,
>
> Thanks for the tip, but I'm already scanning as a positive in 16bit
> mode.
>
> I can say that moving my palm pilot away from the scanner and turning
> off my
> LJIII tank of a printer that sits next to the scanner seems to have
> minimized
> the problem -- results comparable to doing a multi-pass scan. Must
> have been
> some kind of interference.
>
> Jon
>
> Sam Wang wrote:
>
> > Jon,
> >
> > I had the same problen scanning negatives in the Epson 3200: streaks
> and graininess in the thin areas.
> > But the problem went away when I scanned it as POSITIVE, in 16 bit
> mode, and inverted back in
> > Photoshop.
> >
> > Give that a try.
> >
> > Sam Wang
> >
> >
> >>From: Jon Lybrook <jon@terabear.com>
> >>Date: 2004/04/26 Mon AM 10:46:29 EDT
> >>To: epson4870@yahoogroups.com, alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> >>Subject: streaks in scan
> >>
> >>Hi All,
> >>
> >>I'm scanning a 4x5 transparency at 48bit on the Epson 4870 Pro using
> SilverFast,
> >>converting it to greyscale and am getting vertical streaks in the
> file. The
> >>streaks aren't noticeable until I apply an adjustment curve or
> otherwise
> >>brighten the image. I've managed to minimize them by doing a
> multipass scan,
> >>but they still exist. They are apparent in the file and on whatever
> output
> >>device I send them to, so I know it's not a printer problem.
> >>
> >>Is this ugly artifact in the subtle black areas simply to be
> expected from the
> >>flatbed scanners or is there something I'm doing wrong?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Jon
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
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Received on Tue Apr 27 20:57:51 2004