scanner quality question..... please help......

[lepper boy]

okay... not really a technical question... just a "quality" question. Mom just called and said she bought my dad a scanner it is a cannon Cannon
N650U

Canoscan
42bit
600x1200 1 usb?? for 99.00

I am not familiar with this scanner and am just curious about the quality.... seems like the resolution isn't very high.. and the price a little high.... so I'm open to options.... have 14 days to figure it out.... but would prefer to figure it out sooner.

THANKS!

 

[madthumbs]

A professional I know recommended 300dpi for optical scan of photos. I think it may depend on the size of the photo though, I was working with 8x10's for best results. This winds you up with a ~24meg picture file so you would need lots of ram to make changes to it in any decent photo editor. For scanning negatives or cash for counterfeiting you may want to use 1200dpi. J/k 'bout the counterfeiting.

 

[larrymoencurly]

Wayne Fulton's Scan Tips

 

[jeremy806]

I just bought that scanner and like it. What do you want more resolution for?

Also, that scanner is very small, and is powered by the USB port (no normal plug). I really like the one I got, think it was a great product for under $100.

Of course, I don't scan stuff all the time, just use it occasionally -- it's a great scanner for the typical computer user.

jeremy806

 

[lepper boy]

i'm concerned about the usb powered thing...... Computer only has 250 watt power supply. duron, with 2 hds.... 1 cd-rom. 1 cd-rom reader. has 128 pc 133, soon to be around 512, with the cheap ram....

 

[jamarno]

600 DPI is plenty for everything (including $200 "Dubya" currency that's accepted at Diary Queen), but slides and very, very high-quality photos. Otherwise 150 DPI is more than enough for almost all documents, with 300 being needed only rarely.

 

[Wellcky]

300bpi is all you need if ya scan in anything over 300bpi, ppl will look at you stupid, even your boss 😉