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16th Oct 2021, 11:31 PM
	Juke Jules SUBS Tell me he's lazy, tell me he's slow Member since Jan 2011 4136 Points Moderator	I've been using both scanners for weeks now with very successful results, and have made a few discoveries which I'll pass on here It's ridiculously slow to start up, probably because it's the full version with most options greyed out, so leave the little blue circle circling while you peruse the latest 45cat comments and make a cup of tea. By then it will have found any connected scanners assuming they're powered up. It doesn't seem to like being hibernated so I close it when closing down. It has difficulty finding the Mustek scanner after using the Canon so I have to try using any application that will address a Twain device, such as Paint.NET, whereupon VueScan will take over. The big bugbear when scanning record sleeves is Moiré patterning of any photographic images so good de-screen is essential. The s/w for the Mustek had brilliant de-screen with pre-set or manual settings which would clean the worst examples. I have always scanned at 100, 150 or 200 DPI depending on media size, trying to avoid the loss of quality that comes from reducing a JPEG in s/w, but the home version of VueScan only has one setting (under 'Filter) which wasn't strong enough. I was all set to pay for the full version when I found that increasing the DPI has the same effect as increasing the de-screen, and I don't notice any quality loss on a cover scan. I leave Filter > Sharpen set at Light to give a slightly sharper image When scanning white paper documents and books select Media > Gray or just leave it at Auto, and set Color > Neutral with Black Point Min (0), White Point Max (11), Brightness Max (4). There are many usual sizes for Media but if you leave Media set to Auto it can usually detect the media size and automatically crop the image. For 45worlds you always need jpg files but for archiving literature png is preferable so I scan to tiff and convert when editing if it gives a filesize reduction One final observation: I have struggled many times to hold a gatefold sleeve or a large book in place on the scanner bed while manipulating the mouse to click 'scan'. The other day I was holding a particularly awkward piece with one hand while operating the mouse with the other, when I accidentally hit something on the keyboard, and instead of totally messing up the job it started to scan! All the time I had my Mustek I always thought I wish they could have a dedicated keyboard button for 'scan'. and here it is - just hit Return Edited by Juke Jules on 16th Oct 2021, 11:39 PM