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Posted on October 24, 2007 by Jason Petrina | Posted under Shopping and Product Reviews
Getting Better Results with Your Image Scanner
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Start by maintaining your equipment. The glass area of flatbed scanners needs to be clean. Use a soft cloth, such as a cloth baby diaper and compressed air. Avoid using chemicals on the scanner glass, as it can leave smears and smudges. However, if you must use glass cleaner, make sure that you don't leave streaks. Dust the outside of the image scanner often, to prevent dust from being stirred up - and coming to rest on the glass - when the lid is opened. Keep the lid closed when the scanner is not in use. Make sure that the document you are scanning is aligned properly in the scanner. If documents tend to move when you close the lid, try using small pieces of clear tape to hold the document in place. Whatever you do, do not place the tape on the glass, it will interfere with the surface of the scanner. Tape the document at the end and side nearest the casing of the scanner, placing the tape on the casing - instead of the glass. Make sure you use the proper settings for the document that you are scanning. When you choose to scan a document, a control window should open up on your computer screen, giving you access to the controls for your image scanner. Do not be afraid to change these controls for your image scanner, as most scanner software will allow you to set everything back to the default settings. The resolution setting will have a great effect on your scanned document. A higher dpi resolution setting results in a higher quality document, but you should note that the file size will be much larger. Use a 300 to 600 dpi setting for documents that will be printed, but choose a smaller dpi for documents that will be used on the Internet or emailed. To prevent the file size from being too large, without sacrificing quality, set the image scanner to about a 70 dpi resolution. If the quality isn't up to par, move it up until the document is scanned at the quality you require. Don't scan any part of the document that you don't need. You can avoid scanning unneeded parts of the document by using the crop option. Simply use the crop option to highlight or outline parts of the document you don't want to be scanned, and crop them out. This will help reduce the file size and speed up the scanning process. Use the preview option to see what your scanned document will look like before running the actual scan. Try to avoid scanning documents with the lid open, it doesn't scan the document as well it should. The lid should be closed for best results. Make sure that the lid is closing properly, and that no light is getting in when the lid is closed. Take the time to get to know your image scanner. Play with the settings, scanning several different types of documents. Understand what each setting option changes on those documents, and before you know it, you will be using your image scanner to its fullest potential. About The Author: Jason Petrina is the Editor and Publisher of Article Click. For more FREE articles for your ezine and websites visit - www.articleclick.com |
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