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Scanning help for the helpless
Hey everyone, been awhile since I was here begging advice, but here I go again...
I own a very nice HP PSC 1600 all in one printer. Now the wife got it into her head to make a nice photo project of both of us as kids. We borrowed all sorts of pics from Mom and Dad, and it's up to me to scan, copy, and resize them. Thing is I am stuck on a really simple problem that eludes my small brain:
Let's say I take a regular 4x6 print, use a 4x6 sheet of photo paper and use the color copy function on the printer. The pictures come out marvelous. Just about indistinguishable from the originals. Great stuff.
No the problem comes when I scan the same pictures. I get all kinds of artifact and graininess and low quality prints. This is when I keep the same size picture or even reduce it. I have tried messing with every setting I can think of. I raised the scanning DPI, tried the digital sharpening tools, everything. I have to believe that the printer is capable of scanning at the same resolution that it copies at, but yet I can't seem to reproduce it.
Just hoping someone out there is reading this and realizes that it's just a silly error I am making and can tell me how to correct it. here's hoping....
Scott
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