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Negative Scanning with HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer
My wife just bought a HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer - C309.
She was disappointed that there seems to be no facility for scanning negatives and slides, as my old Epson scanner does. Is there any application available which would enable the HP printer/scanner to be used in this way? |
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Negative Scanning with HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer
"mikeos" wrote in message
... My wife just bought a HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer - C309. She was disappointed that there seems to be no facility for scanning negatives and slides, as my old Epson scanner does. Is there any application available which would enable the HP printer/scanner to be used in this way? HP web site http://www.hp.com/united-states/cons...in_ones_a.html suggests none of the "All-in-One" models has a "Built in adapter for scanning slides and negatives." -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Negative Scanning with HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer
Don Phillipson wrote:
"mikeos" wrote in message ... My wife just bought a HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer - C309. She was disappointed that there seems to be no facility for scanning negatives and slides, as my old Epson scanner does. Is there any application available which would enable the HP printer/scanner to be used in this way? HP web site http://www.hp.com/united-states/cons...in_ones_a.html suggests none of the "All-in-One" models has a "Built in adapter for scanning slides and negatives." Yes. I was hoping for some kind of workaround involving third-party software. |
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Negative Scanning with HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer
"mikeos" wrote in message ... Don Phillipson wrote: "mikeos" wrote in message ... My wife just bought a HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer - C309. She was disappointed that there seems to be no facility for scanning negatives and slides, as my old Epson scanner does. Is there any application available which would enable the HP printer/scanner to be used in this way? HP web site http://www.hp.com/united-states/cons...in_ones_a.html suggests none of the "All-in-One" models has a "Built in adapter for scanning slides and negatives." Yes. I was hoping for some kind of workaround involving third-party software. Not so much software, aren't these systems based on a backlight? Which shouldn't be too difficult to home-brew (but whether you'd get the resolution is another question) |
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Negative Scanning with HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer
In order to scan any type of films (negative or transparency), the
scanner requires a back lighting source which goes through the film so that the scanner sensor can "see" the image on the film. Usually this backlight is built into the scanner top, if it exists, and when it is turned on through software, the lower scanner lamp turns off. The "normal" scanner light illuminates from the bottom to light reflective, rather than transmissive images sources, like paper and prints. Some people use reflective print scanners with slides and negs but the result is quite inferior and requires a lot of manipulation to get anything approaching useful. Also, if you wish to scan things like 35mm slides or negs, besides needing the backlighting top you will require both a high resolution optical scanning ability (at least 1000 ppi) and software for inverting the color and removing the orange cast found in negative color film. Art If you are interested in issues surrounding e-waste, I invite you to enter the discussion at my blog: http://e-trashtalk.spaces.live.com/ mikeos wrote: My wife just bought a HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer - C309. She was disappointed that there seems to be no facility for scanning negatives and slides, as my old Epson scanner does. Is there any application available which would enable the HP printer/scanner to be used in this way? |
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Negative Scanning with HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer
Arthur Entlich wrote:
In order to scan any type of films (negative or transparency), the scanner requires a back lighting source which goes through the film so that the scanner sensor can "see" the image on the film. Usually this backlight is built into the scanner top, if it exists, and when it is turned on through software, the lower scanner lamp turns off. The "normal" scanner light illuminates from the bottom to light reflective, rather than transmissive images sources, like paper and prints. Some people use reflective print scanners with slides and negs but the result is quite inferior and requires a lot of manipulation to get anything approaching useful. Also, if you wish to scan things like 35mm slides or negs, besides needing the backlighting top you will require both a high resolution optical scanning ability (at least 1000 ppi) and software for inverting the color and removing the orange cast found in negative color film. Thanks for that detailed info. Mike |
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