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Recommended Settings Getting the best scan depends on several factors, including the quality of your original and the resolution you select. The better your original is, the better your scan will be. You can make many corrections in your scanning software (EPSON TWAIN or SilverFast SE). For additional photo retouching, use an image editing program such as Adobe Photoshop Elements. If you want to manually adjust your scan, try the following settings: I Viewing on screen or the Web: 72 to 96 dpi I Sending and viewing on e-mail: 96 to 150 dpi I Printing: Type of image Photograph Small photograph to be enlarged Magazine Newspaper (text only) Text for OCR Text with images Line art 35 mm film (negative) 35 mm slide 4 x 5 negative 4 x 5 transparency Recommended Image Type Color Photo Color Photo Color Photo Text Text Color Document Line Art TPU: Color Neg. Film TPU: Monochrome Neg. Film TPU: Pos. Film TPU: Color Neg. Film TPU: Monochrome Neg. Film TPU: Pos. Film Resolution for printing 300 dpi 300 to 3200 dpi 300 dpi 400 dpi 400 dpi 400 dpi 300 to 3200 dpi 300 to 3200 dpi 300 to 3200 dpi 300 to 3200 dpi 300 to 3200 dpi 34 Advanced Scanning

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Advanced Scanning
Recommended Settings
Getting the best scan depends on several factors, including the quality of your original
and the resolution you select. The better your original is, the better your scan will be.
You can make many corrections in your scanning software (EPSON TWAIN or
SilverFast SE). For additional photo retouching, use an image editing program such as
Adobe Photoshop Elements.
If you want to manually adjust your scan, try the following settings:
Viewing on screen or the Web: 72 to 96 dpi
Sending and viewing on e-mail: 96 to 150 dpi
Printing:
Type of image
Recommended Image Type
Resolution for
printing
Photograph
Color Photo
300 dpi
Small photograph to be enlarged
Color Photo
300 to 3200 dpi
Magazine
Color Photo
300 dpi
Newspaper (text only)
Text
400 dpi
Text for OCR
Text
400 dpi
Text with images
Color Document
400 dpi
Line art
Line Art
300 to 3200 dpi
35 mm film (negative)
TPU: Color Neg. Film
TPU: Monochrome Neg. Film
300 to 3200 dpi
35 mm slide
TPU: Pos. Film
300 to 3200 dpi
4 x 5 negative
TPU: Color Neg. Film
TPU: Monochrome Neg. Film
300 to 3200 dpi
4 x 5 transparency
TPU: Pos. Film
300 to 3200 dpi