on 11/2/04 4:40 AM, Al Bond at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Berry Ives wrote: > >> It seems like I have >> heard of grain aliasing issues, or somesuch. I am printing at 1440 >> dpi on watercolor paper with an Epson 2200. > > A couple of points. Firstly, the Elite 5400 has a "grain disolver" feature > which puts a diffuser in the light path. Going by some review sites on > the web, it does make a beneficial difference to the visibility of grain. > The down side is that it does extend the scan time. > > Also, grain aliasing seems to be worse on scanners with a resolution in > the 2700-2800 ppi range. Scanning at a higher resolution is reported to > be much better. (I can't speak from experience on this as I don't have > the Elite 5400, just the original Elite.) > > Even if the resolution is greater than you need, you can scan at full > resolution and then downsample afterwards. This, plus the grain > dissolver, should give you much better results than the Dual IV, > although it would probably be much slower. > > Of course, the Elite 5400 also has ICE which can come in handy. > > > > Al Bond > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe > filmscanners' > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or > body
Al, Thanks for that info. Regarding the 2700-2800 ppi range where you say the grain aliasing is reportedly worst, the Scan Dual IV, at 3200 ppi, is beyond that range. I am wondering if anyone has had any specific experience with the SD-IV where aliasing has been a problem. Berry ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
