Scanner question

[blazingbob]

Does anybody know why a light white line appears in your scan even though the glass isn't scratched?

 

Sorry if this has been asked before.

 

 

[nearmint]

Bob, does it look like the two white lines in the scan below? If so, Roy had a complicated tech jargon explanation for it. Basically, it came down to it's time for a new scanner.

 

 

[Speedy-D]

How much is shipping?

[blazingbob]

Yup, I'm getting one light line down the whole book

 

What did you buy?

[nearmint]

I bought a Microtek Scanmaker i800. They're not making them anymore, but I found a brand new one on eBay for $200. The scans in my current sales thread were done on the i800. Some people like the HP Scanjet 8300.

Good luck!

[blazingbob]

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bob

[NP_Gresham]

Bob, does it look like the two white lines in the scan below? If so, Roy had a complicated tech jargon explanation for it. Basically, it came down to it's time for a new scanner.

 

 

 

[FlyingDonut]

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bob

 

BIG fan of the EPSON Photo line.

[Makmorn]

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BIG fan of the EPSON Photo line.

 

Scanners

 

I have both the micortek i700 and an epson v30, I use the microtek for slabs and the epson for raws or anything smaller than a slab. They both do a good job, but when it comes to speed the newer epson is faster and you can pick them up for around $60 delivered. The v30 will scan a comic or mag in about 9 seconds at 96 dpi and doesn't have to warm up.

 

[asteroid-comix]

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BIG fan of the EPSON Photo line.

 

I use an HP 7410 all in one. Very nice slab scans.

[joeypost]

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That's OK Bob, we all know you're old.

[VintageComics]

Epson make terrific scanners but they are on the pricey side from what I remember.

 

Some HP and Microtek models are also good but I think you need to be wary of which models you choose. Some will not penetrate the slab well and some leave more glare than others.

 

There's a scanner thread here with a bunch of legal size scanner examples.

 

I could be wrong but I think that white line is there because the moving scanner parts rub on the glass (from the underside) as it runs up and down it's track during a scan and eventually creates a line on the glass that shows up in the scans.

 

Taking the scanner apart and cleaning the glass from the inside might take care of it (I don't know if it's a scratch on the glass or just a residue line from the moving parts) but it might be just as easy to just get a new scanner for a few hundred bucks.

 

 

[VintageComics]

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bob

 

That's OK Bob, we all know you're old.

 

Although he is filling in that beard quite nicely.

 

 

[joeypost]

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bob

 

That's OK Bob, we all know you're old.

 

Although he is filling in that beard quite nicely.

 

 

Beard? I thought that was powdered sugar from a jelly donut.

[nearmint]

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bob

 

That's OK Bob, we all know you're old.

 

Although he is filling in that beard quite nicely.

 

 

Beard? I thought that was powdered sugar from a jelly donut.

 

[8milemax]

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bob

 

That's OK Bob, we all know you're old.

 

Although he is filling in that beard quite nicely.

 

 

Beard? I thought that was powdered sugar from a jelly donut.

He needs to use this

[Fedoraman]

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To quote an admin:

 

"Please at least make a modicum of effort to follow the posted rules in the future."

 

 

Had to dig out the thesaurus on that one...

 

[Reno McCoy]

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To quote an admin:

 

"Please at least make a modicum of effort to follow the posted rules in the future."

 

 

Had to dig out the thesaurus on that one...

 

Why would you dig out the thesaurus? Wouldn't a dictionary be more appropriate?

[Brodie91]

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n00b

[Fedoraman]

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bob

 

To quote an admin:

 

"Please at least make a modicum of effort to follow the posted rules in the future."

 

 

Had to dig out the thesaurus on that one...

 

Why would you dig out the thesaurus? Wouldn't a dictionary be more appropriate?

 

Technically, a thesaurus is a dictionary:

 

the·sau·rus[thi-sawr-uhs]

noun, plural the·sau·rus·es, the·sau·ri  [-sawr-ahy]

1. a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms