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Grooch

Sunday, June 24, 2001 - 05:30 pm Click here to edit this post
lol!

Wink

Sunday, June 24, 2001 - 06:12 pm Click here to edit this post
Do I get to stay in the butler's bedroom when I come for a visit?

Grooch

Sunday, June 24, 2001 - 07:35 pm Click here to edit this post
After hearing Adven's stories about the visitors he has, I am a little reluctant to allow any Canadians step foot my house.

Wink

Sunday, June 24, 2001 - 07:39 pm Click here to edit this post
Well I'm not just "any" Canadian you know.

Bijoux

Monday, June 25, 2001 - 11:28 am Click here to edit this post
Has anybody used Adobe Illustrator? I'm preparing a poster for a meeting at the beginning of August. The poster board is 4' x 8' and Adobe Illustrator was recommended since it can handle documents that large. Is it easy to pick up if someone has done a lot of work using Pagemaker?

Bijoux

Thursday, June 28, 2001 - 10:58 am Click here to edit this post
For anyone interested there is an on-line chat on the microsoft ruling at 2:00 pm EDT/11 am board time.


microsoft chat

Zeb

Thursday, June 28, 2001 - 12:22 pm Click here to edit this post
Yes, and for more info check out the link in my profile.

Bijoux

Thursday, June 28, 2001 - 12:35 pm Click here to edit this post
That was pretty funny Zeb.

Gail

Thursday, June 28, 2001 - 04:37 pm Click here to edit this post
Very good!

Schoolmarm

Saturday, June 30, 2001 - 04:48 pm Click here to edit this post
I've been looking at scanners....to go with my Titanium G4 PowerBook. So I need a USB port scanner.

I need to scan photos and documents (antique teacher's licenses, etc) into my dissertation. Is 600 x 1200 resolution enough? It doesn't sound like very much. I don't think that I have anything in color, as color photography wasn't a big thing back then. I have some "colorized" lantern slides, but they don't reproduce very well.

Is there anything else I should know about scanners before I buy? I've been trolling the websites a bit, but this is out of my area of expertise.

THANKS!!!

Gail

Saturday, June 30, 2001 - 05:40 pm Click here to edit this post
One thing I have seen Schoolmarm - where I work at, there a few of those really small scanners about 12" x 2" x 2" - they take up very little space. I wish I had one like that for all purpose scanning.

I have an HP scanner that is pretty nice but sure takes up a lot of space. I believe there are some scanners the will scan in slides.

Can anyone else confirm that?

Labmouse

Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 07:43 am Click here to edit this post
Schoolmarm, you can very easily make do with a $100.00 scanner. It is the scanner settings and photo editing software that determine the quality of the scan.

If you are scanning for e-mail...then scan at 72 dots per inch.

If you are scanning for an image on a webpage...then scan at 72 dots per inch.

If you are scanning for printing...then scan at either 150 or 300 dots per inch (your choice). Most experts say that 300 dpi is overkill and that the eye cannot distinguish any noticeable difference in print quality between a scan done at 150 or 300 dpi.

If you are scanning for printing...then the quality of the printer, the paper, and the ink will have a more direct impact on your overall image quality than the scanner.

Karuuna

Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 08:15 am Click here to edit this post
Just an addendum to LabMouse's post -- if you are scanning to have the photo used in brochures or flyers, any *mass* printing technique - you want to scan at a minimum of 600 dpi.

Again, I'm very fond of the HP line of products, they work well with Macs, and their customer support is really very good.