Recommended Settings
Getting the best scan depends on several factors, including the quality of your original and the resolution you select. The better your original is, the better your scan will be. You can make many corrections in your scanning software (EPSON TWAIN or SilverFast SE). For additional photo retouching, use an image editing program such as Adobe Photoshop Elements.
If you want to manually adjust your scan, try the following settings:
■Viewing on screen or the Web: 72 to 96 dpi
■Sending and viewing on
■Printing:
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Photograph | Color Photo | 300 dpi |
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Small photograph to be enlarged | Color Photo | 300 to 3200 dpi |
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Magazine | Color Photo | 300 dpi |
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Newspaper (text only) | Text | 400 dpi |
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Text for OCR | Text | 400 dpi |
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Text with images | Color Document | 400 dpi |
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Line art | Line Art | 300 to 3200 dpi |
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35 mm film (negative) | TPU: Color Neg. Film | 300 to 3200 dpi |
| TPU: Monochrome Neg. Film |
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35 mm slide | TPU: Pos. Film | 300 to 3200 dpi |
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4 x 5 negative | TPU: Color Neg. Film | 300 to 3200 dpi |
| TPU: Monochrome Neg. Film |
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4 x 5 transparency | TPU: Pos. Film | 300 to 3200 dpi |
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34 Advanced Scanning