Epson Perfection V600 Scanner Technical Question

you want advanced, and you don't want it to decide anything. set it to like 1200 dpi min. you want it large for the future. i forget all the settings just don't use auto. 300 dpi is a 1 to 1 and it doesn't magnify. i can create a huge poster from one button if i wanted to. however you can't set it at say 6400dpi and scan the whole platen, it will only handle up to 2400dpi. but that's about a 150mp right there. creates an image like 20,000 pix or more across and is over kill.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

How big is the art? As a rule I scan at 600 and drop down later if needed. But 300 may be fine for a large piece. And for a very small piece you might want to go higher than 600. The only other setting that matters is what file type. Jpeg is fine andI think there is a Tiff option. But obviously not as a PFD file. Any setting that allows you to choose the file type and resolution is fine.

Edit to add. What Mike said is right. You may as well scan at 1200 if this is the only scan you are going to have. That way you are future proofed. You can always drop down but upsizing doesn't work well. It may make a very large file, but most computers can handle it.

usually i like to make things as big as i can get the so many time did i limit myself to a size. then they wanted it bigger and it couldn't be bigger. you save the large pieces on a disc. and shrink them down a bit later. my machine will choke on an image too large. i just wish the lid came off of this thing.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com