Re: scanner sftware question

Charling Chang Fagan (mailto:sha@MAIL.SLC.EDU)
Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:10:30 -0400

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Date:         Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:10:30 -0400
From: Charling Chang Fagan <mailto:sha@MAIL.SLC.EDU>
Subject:      Re: scanner sftware question
To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU

At 12:16 PM 4/9/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello:
>>From this I assume that you are not using DeskScan, which should have
>come with your HP scanner. This not only displays a large preview of
>the scanned area, but allows for brightness/contrast/hue/saturation
>adjustments before scanning.
>You can download DeskScan from HP at the following location:
>
>http://hpcc923.external.hp.com/cposupport/scanners/software/sj211ei.exe.html
>
>Bob Weaver
>Northern Arizona University
>
>At 01:25 PM 4/9/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>Can anyone tell me if there is a scanning software program
>>that allows you to see an accurate version of the image that you scanned
>>in the preview area.
>>
>>We are scanning 5x7 b&w negatives on a HP 4c scanner
>>with a trans media adapter and we are using the scanning software that
>>came with the scanner. Our problem is, after we scan the image, we have
>>to open it up in Photoshop to see how it looks. Because we are
>>scanning them at 600 dpi, it takes forever to open them up just to see if
>>the scanning levels are correct. It seems like there should be a
>>program that actually shows you how the image will look when you do your
>>first scan.
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>***********************************************************************
>>Rachael Stoeltje
>>Preservation Department
>>Indiana University
>>mailto:rstoeltj@indiana.edu
>>
>>
>
>
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