[PLUG] Scanner For Color Photographs?

Russell Senior russell at personaltelco.net
Sat May 7 23:06:48 UTC 2011


>>>>> "Rich" == Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> writes:

Rich> On Sat, 7 May 2011, Rich Shepard wrote:
>> Can anyone here recommend a scanner for color photographic prints
>> that doesn't cost a fortune? This would be for archival purposes,
>> not printing at high resolution.

Rich>    Perhaps I'm asking the wrong question. Instead, let me try
Rich> asking what I should read to be able to scan color photographs
Rich> using my HP Scanjet 5200C.

Rich>    I tried scanning a Polaroid print and it came out totally
Rich> solarized. I'm not a color maven so I have no idea if the
Rich> default xsane settings are off or what I should change to get
Rich> better quality from the scan.

No idea.  There are lots of knobs on xsane.  I'd try systematically
playing with those.


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