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| Thread ID: 98427 | 2009-03-24 15:55:00 | Mustek scanner glare | Mystfit (14746) | Press F1 |
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| 759131 | 2009-03-24 15:55:00 | I have a mUstek SE A3 USB 1200 scanner, recently bought. Nearly everything I need to scan (I scan trading cards) are inside plastic pages or sleeves. I have had the worst luck with the glare off the plastic being so pronounced. I, oddly, have had less troubles with this with cheaper, no-name scanners :) Is there a way to avoid this glare on my scans? | Mystfit (14746) | ||
| 759132 | 2009-03-24 18:00:00 | You could try to reduce the reflectivity of the plastic surface of your cards, but it would reguire placing fluids against the cards and the face of the scanner. If you can eliminate all the air from the space between the scanner face and the cards then the worst of your reflections should go. Water is obviously cheapest, but also most likely to run inside your scanner! Oil may be less runny, but messy. A gel might be best, or ... errr, a personal lubricant. Try it in the middle of the scanner face so that you can get to any runs of fluid before the fluids get to the edge of the glass (and into the scanner). You could even create a moat by using blu-tack or similar to seal off an area of the scanner face for this purpose. Failing that, I can only imagine operating on the light source (to re-position it further from the optic array) is your only other solution. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 759133 | 2009-03-24 18:56:00 | I have a mUstek SE A3 USB 1200 scanner, recently bought. Nearly everything I need to scan (I scan trading cards) are inside plastic pages or sleeves. I have had the worst luck with the glare off the plastic being so pronounced. I, oddly, have had less troubles with this with cheaper, no-name scanners :) Is there a way to avoid this glare on my scans? Check the type of plastic sleeve. Some are designed for use with scanners because of the reflection problem. Ask in the Stationary store or check the box they came in. It is usually written on it. |
Colpol (444) | ||
| 759134 | 2009-03-28 11:59:00 | I am somewhat limited in the plastic sheets that I use (in that they are created specifically for trading cards and offer the type of protection needed for storage. I'd be leery of using any type of liquid for fear even in the sheets they might touch the cards and that'd sure lose the value. I have been looking into your suggestion about decreasing the air between card and scanner as a means of cutting down on it. I can see that some of the card pages I use do seem less **wrinkly** and make better scans. Trying to add weight to the scanner lid to mush it down. | Mystfit (14746) | ||
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