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Scanners, please tell us about your scanner
darwination:
I'll just weigh in here shortly in support of the natural look. Even when they were brand new, these comics pages weren't pure white, and the paper exhibited a pulpy texture. As a scanner, I feel like I should represent the physical object I'm scanning and not some ideal. That's not to say I don't do some corrections and that there's not subjective judgments that come into play here but only to say that I'm looking to make a comic look like it did fresh of the newsstand or at least as close as I can get it without distorting the colors too much. Sure artists may not have been pleased that their work was being reproduced on pulp paper with rough printing methods, but I also believe they probably took some of this into account when producing the original work. The new re-colorings I see of a lot of golden age comics are truly atrocious. The flat colors and perfectly solid inks in my opinion take something very vital away from the experience. When you lose all the texture from the pulp paper as well as from the layered printing, the old comics just don't look right. Similarly, I doubt much of the modern digital, gradient-heavy coloring methods would reproduce well on the old paper...
Call me crazy, but if a page of text is scanned from a pulp I want it to look like it was scanned from a pulp. If a page of text is scanned from a paperback I want it to look like it came from a paperback. If it was scanned from a slick page, I want it to look like it came from a slick. Otherwise every digital book might as well look like something you'd read on a kindle, and I personally much prefer an "authentic" scan that accurately reflects the character of the publication it comes from. All that said, I do understand tastes vary O0
rangerhouse:
can anyone tell me about a Minolta PS 5000C Book Scanner and if it would work for comic books.. I know, its a face up scanner, will do jpg, at least 300 dpi, ANYONE???
Thanks Rangerhouse
Geo (RIP):
--- Quote from: rangerhouse on April 04, 2011, 05:38:28 PM ---can anyone tell me about a Minolta PS 5000C Book Scanner and if it would work for comic books.. I know, its a face up scanner, will do jpg, at least 300 dpi, ANYONE???
Thanks Rangerhouse
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"The PS5000C gives you a fast, safe, cost-effective way to scan, digitize and share the content of your color publications. Books, magazines, scientific manuals, historical materials and artwork can all be preserved and shared in full color, without damage to brittle pages or fragile bindings.
Digital scanning in just 3.4 seconds per 8-1/2” x 11” original lets you scan more documents in less time. You’ll have flexible scanning modes for books and single pages -- and selectable scan resolution from 200 dpi to 600 dpi allows you to match scanning power to the needs of each original.
11.69” x 17.00” scanning area accommodates oversized bound volumes, ledgers, artwork, maps, archival records and other large documents.
Direct PC interface with USB connector and TWAIN driver lets you scan color originals to your computer for use in websites, desktop publishing or Email.
Selectable image modes to fine-tune output for Color Text, Color Photos, Grayscale Text, Grayscale Photos, or Line Art (bitmap for text or line art).
Automatically compensates for page curvature and automatically erases centerline shadows, page borders, and images of fingers holding down pages for scanning.
3D Scanning lets you digitize the images of objects placed on the PS5000C scanning surface."
You sure you got 10K+ (List Price: $11,975.00) to put out for one of these puppies? For what you'd pay for one of those, you could buy a whole lot of other scanners and try each one to find out which one is best for you would be my take on it. By the way, way to pricey for me. As to your original question, yes it should be able to do so.
Geo
rangerhouse:
I have a chance to purchase a used one at a fraction of that cost.. Thanks for the info Geo..
builderboy:
OMG...a ten THOUSAND dollar scanner? betcha its got seat warmers! How cool is that? Let us know if you seal the deal, rangerhouse.
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