I believe the Epson 1250 gives you 1200 ppi optical resolution. Epson employs something they call a sub scan with Micro Step Drive technology (their terms, not mine) to provide 1200 x 2400. And the software will provide higher res, but it's interpolated. I think the best bet with one of these is to scan at 1200 and res it up in Photoshop to 3600. I happen to have the earlier version of the 1250 (the 1200) with the film adapter. My kids use the flatbed part of it for homework. I've found it's quite useless for scanning film for printing. It's marginal for the web. It doesn't seem to really nail the focus on the film plane, so it is handicapped by both low resolution and sloppy focusing. The flatbed works fine and can produce decent scans even for printing. If you really want to print lab quality color on an inkjet or other high end printer, you need a high-res film scanner. Forget flatbeds with adapters. Paul
David Brooks wrote: > Paul.How can you tell if a scanner will give you the 4000ppi you > are mentioning.Can this be fiquired out from the scan ability > resolution found on the info portion of the box.The Epson 1250or > 1650 is a flat bed i'm thinking about,which has on the box"scans > at 1200x2400". > Can the max pixel be fiqured out from this or can it be found on > the spec sheets from the manufacture > > Thanks Dave > > ---- Begin Original Message ---- > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > 4000 dpi is really needed. A 4000 ppi scan of a 35mm neg or transparency > > > will give you a 7 x10 print at about 550 ppi. That's about the right > > > number to get a truly excellent print from a high end inkjet printer. > > > > Pentax User > Stouffville Ontario Canada > > Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
