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Yoc:
Thanks very much for your post Beau and Jim.
I've added Jim's post to the Scanning Tutorial in the Help Section.
Beau, if you ever wanted to do a tutorial on your scan techniques for readers here PLEASE do in a new topic of your own in the Help Section as well.  I'm sure everyone would love to read how you achieve your superior scans.
:)

-Yoc

JVJ (RIP):
I would not think that's an especially good idea, Yoc,
though  I do take it as a compliment. It's not as if I have had a lot of actual experience scanning comics for these sites. It was meant more of a "what I WOULD do if I WAS scanning" think piece than a "how to" instructional. For all I know, it might turn out to be a terrible workflow. Perhaps we should get some feedback from the guys on the frontlines as to how my ideas hold up. Just saying...

Peace, Jim (|:{>

Yoc:
Ok Jim,
I'll take it down.

-Yoc

citaltras:

I agree with JVJ that it may be convenient to store  high resolution copies of raw scans for preservation
purposes, but not for sharing or reading on a computer, where 200 ppi is large enough (or 300 with high compression as interestingly mentioned by darwination)

Concerning EPSON scanning software, I have found convenient to scan with unsharp mask option turned on at maximum unless I want a blur raw scan to start with.
It can be sharped later with photoshop, but EPSON unsharp mask ON produces better results for comics. Starting with that raw image at 200 dpi, photoshop  may not be needed at all. Just zip and enjoy.

As illustration here is a sample page scanned and color corrected as available elsewhere.
I just reduced size to 900 pixels for convenience
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj200/citaltras/basura/Eternals18.jpgHere is a scan I have made of the same page from my personal paper copy,
with my EPSON perfection v200 photo without any color correction, but only the scanner option unsharp mask on. Reduced also to the same 900 pixels width.
 http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj200/citaltras/basura/Eternals18good.jpgMy conclusions: no color corrections is better. The fine quality of this scan is just a result
of the scanner used. Any further correction will just contribute to degrade the image, loosing
quality, unless you know what you are doing.

JVJ (RIP):
Unless you know what scanner and settings were used on the the first page, Citaltras,
I'm not certain that it's a valid conclusion to get from the comparison. What's the comic? I'll make scans with both of my scanners without sharpening (which I maintain should only be done AFTER you reduce the .tif file to the size you intend to use for the .jpg) and then we can compare Apples and Apples.

I'll be the first to admit that the first scan is less than optimum, but I'm not sure that you've established WHY.

Peace, Jim (|:{>

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