RE: modifying scanner

I have a similar model and once tried using a lightbox on top of the scanner
for the purpose of scanning contact sheets. It never really worked. The
scanner apparently does some calibration or something when the transparency
adaptor is attached, and I could never fake it out with a different light.
However, I did realize that I could just scan the contact sheets in
reflective mode, then invert them in PS and tweak the levels a bit. For the
purpose of seeing what's on the negatives this is a perfectly usable method.
For actually printing with them, probably not, but it never hurts to try and
see what you can get.
 
-Jason

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From: Dalyvoss@aol.com [mailto:Dalyvoss@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 10:13 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: modifying scanner

 
My Epson Perfection scanner will scan a maximum negative size of 4x5. I'd
like to be able to scan 8x10s with it. The cover/light source for the
scanner will only illuminate a small area, so what i'm wondering is this...
has anyone fashioned a larger light source for a scanner that covers the
entire surface of the scanner bed? Any thoughts?
 
thanks,
susan
 
Susan Daly Voss
lower upstate NY
Received on Wed Nov 17 14:04:40 2004