by Nova55
Howdy guys,
I just picked up an HP C8180 all in one scanner thing to do my slide collection. Theres a feature on it so you can scan them and print them directly to photo paper without going through the computer. So I did one and it came out GREAT, possibly the best print I have ever seen, from an inkjet at that. However when I scan one to the computer it looks like shit. Grainy, blurry etc. For instance, here are two unnamed ones that were scanned for me:
On the full size scans you can see every little detail. Now heres a John Mech slide of 511 that I scanned. Note how grainy and blurry it is.
Am I just missing something in the settings or what? If this is the quality this thing scans at I can safely say its getting returned. I spent a few hours last night just playing with settings and resolutions and crap and I seem to be getting nowhere.
Would appreciate any insight in this..
I just picked up an HP C8180 all in one scanner thing to do my slide collection. Theres a feature on it so you can scan them and print them directly to photo paper without going through the computer. So I did one and it came out GREAT, possibly the best print I have ever seen, from an inkjet at that. However when I scan one to the computer it looks like shit. Grainy, blurry etc. For instance, here are two unnamed ones that were scanned for me:
On the full size scans you can see every little detail. Now heres a John Mech slide of 511 that I scanned. Note how grainy and blurry it is.
Am I just missing something in the settings or what? If this is the quality this thing scans at I can safely say its getting returned. I spent a few hours last night just playing with settings and resolutions and crap and I seem to be getting nowhere.
Would appreciate any insight in this..