Scanning tips?

[Christopher Stamper]

" I was wondering if anyone has tips for reducing the amount of printing
>     dots one sees when you scan something? ie: CD cover."

Sorry, I just thought you meant the picture didn't look good enough.

So, what are 'Printing dots' anyway??? :-/

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Cory K. <coryisatm at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> Christopher Stamper wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Cory K. <coryisatm at nc.rr.com
> > <mailto:coryisatm at nc.rr.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I finally got flatbed scanner that fully works with SANE (8 years
> old
> >     off of Ebay) and I'm just as happy when I got my 24" Dell LCD. :P
> >
> >     I was wondering if anyone has tips for reducing the amount of
> printing
> >     dots one sees when you scan something? ie: CD cover.
> >
> >     I scan around 300dpi and use "Despeckle" in GIMP but I still don't
> get
> >     the result I would like.
> >
> >     Any ideas?
> >
> >
> >     -Cory K.
> >     <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users>
> >
> >
> >
> > 300dpi is pretty low...
> >
> > Why not set it higher?
>
> I really love the replies that don't address the question. ;)
>
> But as long as your next reply addresses my original question, and
> doesn't continue to stray, I'll answer.
>
> A: Because the end format is 1000x1000px at 72 DPI. Doesn't really matter.
> Higher res just means better defined dots.
>
> -Cory K.
>
> --
> Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list
> Ubuntu-Studio-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
>



-- 
Christopher Stamper
christopherstamper at gmail.com
http://tinyurl.com/2ooncg
Skype: cdstamper
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-users/attachments/20080317/7a3ef2ef/attachment.htm