How big is the file size when you scan a 4 x 6 photo at full resolution of 2400 x 4800 and store as a jpeg or tiff file? Update on July 19 2013 Hello All Thanks for your responses. I actually bought this scanner, experimented with the settings and...
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For what it is worth, that is about 600dpi (2400x4800) and will net you a file about 29M. Way overkill.. 4X6 scanned at 300dpi (1200x1800) will take about 6.5Mb for a TIFF file.. Jpg will be about .5 Mb As you go up in DPI, the file size grows exponentially.. Use Jpeg for emails, web etc, TIFF for archiving photos Jpeg's are good for emails, web etc at 150DPI or less (low as 72dpi).. Anything above 300DPI is typically a waste of space unless you plan on doing very large prints . 300dpi is a fine setting for storing images. TIFF is far better format to avoid pixelation.
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I am not sure, I am working on this myself for Christmas presents for the family and saving them as JPEG 300dpi and I am not sure how they would print out, I am just hoping this works, sorry I could not be more help. I do know that so far I have scanned around 1900 photos of all types and at least I can save them all to a 16GB flashdrive. I have more to go so at least everyone can view them as a slideshow and they will at least have that and can hopefully print them out if they want to.
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Sure, no problem. I usually scan at 300 dpi but I think it can even go higher. Saves as a JPEG or whatever you want!
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Hi, Can anyone confirme if (in Snow Leopard) the ImageCapture or Preview app can scan from this scanner (if USB connected) ?I wouldn't like to use brother's software...Thanks very much,Dany.
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When scanning, it gives the option for five different sizes (Letter, Legal, A4, A3, and 11x17). There are also options for Max Area and Auto Cropping. I have never used the Auto Cropping setting but this may be worth looking up on Epson's website and may end up being what you are looking for.
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The scanning software has an output function which will enable you to change the final size of the scanned image. You can also use photo-editing software to reduce the image and/or crop it to your desired size. Al G
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Depends on the resolution you set your scanner to scan the photo with. Higher resolution, more time. I've never timed it to the second, but it is a short time. Best to scan a preview, then adjust the area you want scanned before you scan to save. This is my third flatbed scanner, and this one is a delight to use, and the results are perfect quality. I'd buy again in a heartbeat!
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I select photo + jpg (or tif) for signatures and even cash register receipts. Files zoom up and print clearly (8-pt type is readable). It also offers document + pdf (or tif) choices for incorporating into other apps- as it gives me that many more options. Yes, much easier to get good results than any other scanner I owned.
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It works fine but the resolution is very low. The resolution is 1200dpi for only one square inch of negative. Thus, the resultant picture quality is lower than the 600dpi setting for photos. For a 5x6 photo there is 35 times more area scanned even though it is at half the resolution.
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Yes, I recommend it. I've had four different scanners. This is by far the best, light, multiple resolution settings, color or b/w. I love this one.
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Hi Lisa, No I have not but I can assure this scanner id First Class with anything A4 down to 3x3. Anything smaller the sensor does not pick up but for me it has been faultless. I have scanned about 5,000 photos in all sizes and am very happy with it. I have a Facebook page if interested mcfotonet - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mcfotonet/210127482483211?ref=hl - I still need to add more image but like everything else it's a work in progress. Good luck with your search. Michael.
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Just for kicks and grins I scanned negatives and slides at the maximum resolution and I estimate the process took about 10-15 per. I also found out that scanning at the highest resolution created files so large (some as big as 600MB) that even though I have a fairly high performance PC, (Core i7, 12GB of RAM), the files were so big I couldn't open them. I dropped down to around 2400-4800 DPI and found the files created about 1.2MB or so. I also scanned files on my MBP with 4GB of RAM and it also created files too large to open and in a few cases it even crashed. I decided the 4800 DPI range was more than sufficient for scanning for my purposes which is to burn all these treasured slides and negatives to disk and give them to family so they can enjoy them too. If you are a professional photographer or designer and you need the max resolution you will need a box with the highest performing hardware you can buy and that will be commensurate with the price. Bottom line: Test various resolutions and see what works for your purposes. I read MANY of the reviews of this scanner before I bought it and decided it would work perform the job I needed it to do and it has performed admirably.
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Hello, Asking this question could get you into trouble since file size is not a determination of your image quality. See below for the reasons but my recommendation would be a minimum 2 Megapixel image (The higher the resolution the better and more important) with a file size compressed from the original as little as you can 2Mpixel probably 1MB or larger. Open the image on your computer zoom it up and view it onscreen at about the 16*20 that the canvas will be. If you are happy with that, send the image. Lastly make sure your pixel ratio is 16X20 so you get what you expect when it is printed and the part you wanted is not cropped off. The smallest and largest files I have sent are a 1500 X 1949 pixel image (compressed to 570Kb) and a 3287 X 2188 pixel image (compressed to 4.03MB) Both look great however I can tell a difference. The 570kb file had too much compression on the jpeg. In raw terms, file size should equal (width in pixels) x (height in pixels) x 3 bytes per pixel. Lets take the case of a 3-Megapixel Image, 1900 pixels * 1600 pixels = 3.04 megapixels * 3 bytes = 9.12 megabytes uncompressed. This file is typically compressed and can be over 10:1 compression resulting in 900 kbytes and a picture which looses color chroma and has artifacts. So I should just use more than 9 megabytes right? Not really because a 90 megabyte image compressed to 9 megabytes will have the same chroma and artifact issue which you will not like hanging on the wall. Hope it helps. If you have read this far, my experience was with canvas champ which was awesome.
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I agree to about 20 pictures per minute. Very good scanner..I actually have 2 of them. I have the one that does up to 5x7 and one that does up to 8x11. Great buy..
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The software the comes with the scanner does a very good job to get a fine scan. It depends what you want to do with your scans. If you want to print them, yes, use 300dpi tiff. If you want to see them on screens only, I'd save them as 144 dpi jpeg. If you want to correct the images (if some are too dark or light, or need color correction) use a program like Adobe Elements or Lightroom. I use Photoshop, but Im a professional, using these scans in printed publications. By the way, the scans from this scanner look beautiful.
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Saves in JPG. You would need a software program like Photoshop or Photoshop Elements to convert to other formats. Scanner works very well and I convert to TIFF so that I can make changes later without losing quality. I have been very happy with this scanner.
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The scanner asks which file you want them to store the scanned image in.You can crop after the images have been stored on the hard drive with what ever computer program you use, or that's the way I crop mine.I store all my scanned images in one file with a subfile of date scanned.Hope this helps.