"4 pixels per dot" is a meaningless statement. A dot is a pixel. You would have to ask the hplip guys if they can get 1200 dpi out of this scanner.
allan On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 9:39 AM, ken <geb...@mousecar.com> wrote: > On 01/28/2015 07:23 AM, m. allan noah wrote: >> >> at least in lineart mode, the scanner maximum is 300dpi. Try scanimage >> --mode=color --help >> >> allan >> > > According to specifications published by HP, this scanner's hardware and > optical resolution is 1200x1200 dpi. I just called HP tech support to > confirm this and was told this is correct and that, further, there are "4 > pixels per dot", meaning that the scanner handles both color and B/W at that > resolution. So I don't know why scanimage would report that 300dpi is the > maximum resolution. -- "well, I stand up next to a mountain- and I chop it down with the edge of my hand" -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org