What's better than Epson 3170

After read many users' approving feedback on Epson 3170 at different
websites, I bought it today without actually trying it out beforehand.
I planed to use it to archive all my photos, about 1000 of them, in
digital format so I can throw out the originals. They are getting heavy
and disorganized.

Now I've scanned a few photos that I took recently with the scanner at
its default setting (Press the Green button and follow the prompt. No
setting modification has been made yet). I'm a little disappointed
because the Jpeg images saved at 90% or 100% compression rate isn't as
sharp as the originals. Especially when comparing the facial detail.
Because of that, I feel I can't throw out all the paper photo yet. And
I don't want to spend time to scan all my photo with it. Can someone
suggest a model does a better job at this? And do you know a way for me
to try the unit out before I make the purchase? Thanks.

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:42:49 -0400, Goofy <Goofy@walmart.com> wrote:

>After read many users' approving feedback on Epson 3170 at different
>websites, I bought it today without actually trying it out beforehand.
>I planed to use it to archive all my photos, about 1000 of them, in
>digital format so I can throw out the originals. They are getting heavy
>and disorganized.
>
>Now I've scanned a few photos that I took recently with the scanner at
>its default setting (Press the Green button and follow the prompt. No
>setting modification has been made yet). I'm a little disappointed
>because the Jpeg images saved at 90% or 100% compression rate isn't as
>sharp as the originals. Especially when comparing the facial detail.
>Because of that, I feel I can't throw out all the paper photo yet. And
>I don't want to spend time to scan all my photo with it. Can someone
>suggest a model does a better job at this? And do you know a way for me
>to try the unit out before I make the purchase? Thanks.

Hmmm. How are you comparing a scanned image to your original print?
You need to actually print out that scanned image to make a real
comparison. Also, archiving images involves "touching up" the scanned
images, since scanning makes even very slight problems with spots, etc
on the print really stand out. Your Epson 3170 should really be
"overkill" in scanning prints, so you must either have a defective
unit, or you're doing something wrong. To eliminate the latter as a
possibility, spend some time at www.scantips.com and see if your
scanning is "up to par".

Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

"Goofy" <Goofy@walmart.com> wrote in message
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> After read many users' approving feedback on Epson 3170 at different
> websites, I bought it today without actually trying it out beforehand.
> I planed to use it to archive all my photos, about 1000 of them, in
> digital format so I can throw out the originals. They are getting heavy
> and disorganized.
>
> Now I've scanned a few photos that I took recently with the scanner at
> its default setting (Press the Green button and follow the prompt. No
> setting modification has been made yet). I'm a little disappointed
> because the Jpeg images saved at 90% or 100% compression rate isn't as
> sharp as the originals. Especially when comparing the facial detail.
> Because of that, I feel I can't throw out all the paper photo yet. And
> I don't want to spend time to scan all my photo with it. Can someone
> suggest a model does a better job at this? And do you know a way for me
> to try the unit out before I make the purchase? Thanks.

The first thing I would suggest, is get out of Auto mode and try the
settings available in the Pro Mode. Read your manual.
http://files.support.epson.com/html...pson%20scan%20a

If a print is scanned at about 300 to 600 DPI, you will get about all that
is available from a print.

Read Scantips on scanning and printing.
http://www.scantips.com/



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