Scanning an original art page

[spidermanbeyond]

Ok, I hope this is not a stupid question but how do you scan an original art page. Do you scan two halfs and then just cut and paste (just thought I ask as this seems very time consuming). Thanks.

[Darrell F]

I have a copier at work that I use to scale the page down to 8.5 x 11 and then I scan that. Sure it may lose a little in the scaling down but I am happy with it.

 

[Solar]

Yup. It helps greatly if you have Photoshop and know how to use it. I've gotten to the point that I can complete a page in about 3 minutes or so.

[Ares]

I do the scanning two step

[rob_react]

I've got an 11 x 17 scanner. That makes life 500x easier.

[Solar]

Which make/model do you have, Rob? I've been thinking about upgrading...

[Enforcer]

The Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB is a great 11x17 model in my opinion. I purchased mine through Amazon.com last year. I hope that helps.

 

Enforcer

[mister_not_so_nice]

The Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB is a great 11x17 model in my opinion. I purchased mine through Amazon.com last year. I hope that helps.

 

Enforcer

 

Thats what I have. Got mine new off of eBay for under $75 and it has worked fine since purchase. If you like to collect OA and display it on the net you NEED an 11X17 scanner. Scanning a page in 2 or 3 sections F'in blows and takes forever! ! All of the scans in my caf were done using the Mustek scanner.

[jjeanius]

I concur. I too have the Mustek A3 and it makes life so much easier.

[Solar]

Thanks guys

[Robert Plunkett-migration]

Big scanners cost mucho bucks and xeroxing loses things in the translation. Pasting together several scans is easy once you learn how. The trick is to make sure that the scans are oriented exactly square and you take out the parts that are dark before you fit them together. Fiddling with the light and contrast might be necessary along with a few other easily-learned tricks. I've got pieces on my gallery that I put together from as many as six scans. Everything over 9x12 is pasted together and I dare you to find the seams.

[Stronguy]

Big scanners cost mucho bucks

 

You can get a Mustek A3 for less than the cost of a half-way decent panel page.

[jjeanius]

yup...$175 or less, brand new, at your door.

[Stronguy]

I've got a brand new one, in the box, never opened, if anyone's interested. I got a decent deal on it but just don't have room for it.

[Darrell F]

PM sent

[pkveronese]

Hey Guys,

I recently bought a used Mustek A3 EP (with the parallel port, not the USB), and the drivers will not work on XP (they will on Windows 2K though). They won't even install. Do any of you know a solution for this or somewhere I can get the parallel port drivers for XP from? Thanks! - Keith Veronese

[mister_not_so_nice]

Keith,

iirc, when I hooked up my scanner 2 or three years ago I had to go to the MUSTEK website and download the drivers. Have you done that. Just using the software on the disc wouldn't allow it to work. I was/am using XP also

 

Mike

[pkveronese]

Hey Mike-

I think I did that - but I'm going to try it again. When I did that, I was prompted that I wasn't using Windows 2000. I found some more drivers, so I'm going to try them. Thanks for the help! - Keith

[jjeanius]

Is this just a problem for the parallel port version? I have the USB version, and had no problem getting it to work with XP.

[pkveronese]

Hey JJ,

From what I've seen on the internet, I think it is just a problem with the PP version. Hopefully I'll get it going, and I'll post how the set-up when I do. - Keith