anyone have this scanner?

[EastCoastExchange-migratio]

nice scanner, but stitching isn't in my future unless I start collecting mags.

 

If there are no scanners up to task, I guess I could go BACK to my old HP scanner and stitch the scans...what a pain.

 

Sterling

You're right though that HP 8300 has some serious glare issues. Glad I read this thread. I dropped close to $500 and returned it within a couple of days. A real shame...

 

CC

 

When I purchased mine, it wasn't a big problem. CGC has apparently made some operational changes which are creating the wavy inner well AFTER I purchased the scanner, so it was too late to return mine.

 

Very sorry to hear that.

Have you tried putting black construction paper behind the book, or would that not help?

 

CC

[sterlingcomics]

Nothing will help. Greggy suggests applying pressure on top of the book to "Straighten out" the wavy inner well, but I'm afraid it will crack the slab. I shouldn't have to do that anyway.

[sterlingcomics]

BTW, do you use the Deluxe version of the Stitch program?

[EastCoastExchange-migratio]

Nothing will help. Greggy suggests applying pressure on top of the book to "Straighten out" the wavy inner well, but I'm afraid it will crack the slab. I shouldn't have to do that anyway.

 

Going to catch some . Best of luck, and let me know what you come up with. (thumbs u (thumbs u

 

CC

[EastCoastExchange-migratio]

BTW, do you use the Deluxe version of the Stitch program?

 

The $20.00 Version

 

CC

[TheWatcher]

After doing extensive research, I purchased an 8300 this past summer. Here are scans of slabs and raw. These scans haven't been tweaked in any way:

 

[EastCoastExchange-migratio]

After doing extensive research, I purchased an 8300 this past summer. Here are scans of slabs and raw. These scans haven't been tweaked in any way:

F.jpg

 

Is this the one from ComicLink? Man I wish I had seen it sooner. Great Book!

[TheWatcher]

After doing extensive research, I purchased an 8300 this past summer. Here are scans of slabs and raw. These scans haven't been tweaked in any way:

F.jpg

 

Is this the one from ComicLink? Man I wish I had seen it sooner. Great Book!

 

 

Yup, that's the one. Sold it a couple of months ago or so.

[EastCoastExchange-migratio]

After doing extensive research, I purchased an 8300 this past summer. Here are scans of slabs and raw. These scans haven't been tweaked in any way:

F.jpg

 

Is this the one from ComicLink? Man I wish I had seen it sooner. Great Book!

 

 

Yup, that's the one. Sold it a couple of months ago or so.

 

wish I would have known...

[TheWatcher]

After doing extensive research, I purchased an 8300 this past summer. Here are scans of slabs and raw. These scans haven't been tweaked in any way:

F.jpg

 

Is this the one from ComicLink? Man I wish I had seen it sooner. Great Book!

 

 

Yup, that's the one. Sold it a couple of months ago or so.

 

wish I would have known...

 

 

I think you were at school at that time and away from the boards, if memory serves me.

[krazy_kenny1]

Well, I came across this program which, according to the author, should let me use the I800 under XP x64. I'm sure between that program and messing with the driver file myself I can get it to work. But first, I need to write an angry email to Microtek

[EastCoastExchange-migratio]

After doing extensive research, I purchased an 8300 this past summer. Here are scans of slabs and raw. These scans haven't been tweaked in any way:

F.jpg

 

Is this the one from ComicLink? Man I wish I had seen it sooner. Great Book!

 

 

Yup, that's the one. Sold it a couple of months ago or so.

 

wish I would have known...

 

 

I think you were at school at that time and away from the boards, if memory serves me.

 

Probably so. Nice book though. VERY NICE!! (thumbs u (thumbs u

[DrWatson]

Kenny here is a scan from my HP and one from the Microtek. The HP is on the top.

 

[krazy_kenny1]

Kenny here is a scan from my HP and one from the Microtek. The HP is on the top.

 

Cool...Microtek looks good...which is good cause I already ordered it (thumbs u

[DrWatson]

I did put piece of white paper over the black background. That is the only thing that I really don't care for about the scanner.

[arexcrooke]

Here is what I am getting at 96 dpi with no adjustments. Jim, what are you doing to get yours a little sharper and brighter than mine? I havent essed with the settings any. Also, is there a way to sharpen the image so it doesnt look as blurry?

[krazy_kenny1]

Here is what I am getting at 96 dpi with no adjustments. Jim, what are you doing to get yours a little sharper and brighter than mine? I havent essed with the settings any. Also, is there a way to sharpen the image so it doesnt look as blurry?

Just a guess, but 96 dpi may be a bit low. Also, I think Doc brightened his in photoshop after scanning it (the white background may help you there too).

[DrWatson]

Both photos received the same treatment. I did put a piece of white legal paper on the Microtek to cover up the black. I ran both on a dpi of 200 and then a tour through Photoshop elements 2 for an auto level and an auto focus. Before any of that I resize my scans to 375 pixels by 605 pixels.

[sterlingcomics]

What model Microtek?

 

Does the software allow for "Despeckle" as a default? The HP scanner forces you to hit that option before every scan.

 

Is the background on the model black and not white? (you indicated using white paper on the scanner).

[sterlingcomics]

Well, I came across this program which, according to the author, should let me use the I800 under XP x64. I'm sure between that program and messing with the driver file myself I can get it to work. But first, I need to write an angry email to Microtek

 

So this is like a universal scanning driver that can probably get rid of nuances in the hardware manufacturer provided driver? Sounds interesting.