Question/Help re: Scanning/Fixing/Printing Covers problems

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ShoothimNow:
I'm just piping in to say that my HP LaserJet Pro 200 Color printer is amazing and looks great while printing. Scanning, I have to use Epsons, as the results are far suporior.

AWILLIAMS27:
great thanks i will try to print and see how it looks.

in terms of paper type - for covers i was using the thinner glossy hp presentation paper, but also tried thicker hp matte brochure paper and even regular printer paper - all gave same blurry text result.

AWILLIAMS27:

--- Quote from: Arseen on February 28, 2018, 04:58:38 PM ---I checked 2 and the difference is that our covers are already fine tuned where as your covers are (quite high quality) raws.

Before printing they some need adjusting.
I'd say color boosting and bit darkened atleast.

I'll try adjusting one, see if that makes it better.
Gimme half'n hour.

Also might be that your covers are too detailed for your printer to handle well.
Yours are 600dpi where as our are "only" 300dpi.

And final thing that pops to mind (in addition to inkjet being preferred printer for covers) is that paper quality really matters.
Actually way more than printer type.

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I printed it and it looks great. On screen it looks a little blurry compared to when i used 600 dpi before but when printed looked like it should. What settings did you use and with adobe or gimp? Should I scan using 300 dpi or change it to 300 dpi after altering.

thanks again.

Bear78:

--- Quote from: AWILLIAMS27 on February 28, 2018, 05:26:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: Arseen on February 28, 2018, 04:58:38 PM ---I checked 2 and the difference is that our covers are already fine tuned where as your covers are (quite high quality) raws.

Before printing they some need adjusting.
I'd say color boosting and bit darkened atleast.

I'll try adjusting one, see if that makes it better.
Gimme half'n hour.

Also might be that your covers are too detailed for your printer to handle well.
Yours are 600dpi where as our are "only" 300dpi.

And final thing that pops to mind (in addition to inkjet being preferred printer for covers) is that paper quality really matters.
Actually way more than printer type.

--- End quote ---

I printed it and it looks great. On screen it looks a little blurry compared to when i used 600 dpi before but when printed looked like it should. What settings did you use and with adobe or gimp? Should I scan using 300 dpi or change it to 300 dpi after altering.

thanks again.

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Scan at 600 DPI, alter / modify, then save as 300 dpi when done.

Arseen:

--- Quote from: Bear78 on February 28, 2018, 05:54:41 PM ---Scan at 600 DPI, alter / modify, then save as 300 dpi when done.

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This.

I used Paint.net but Paintshop or Gimp should work as well.

The settings really depend on the raw material, so you'll have to play around a bit untill it looks good (I have it easy as I use 65" 4K TV with really nice colors).

In this case I first darkened the image a bit, I think I used setting -10 or -20.
Then added color strenght (saturation) from setting of 100 up to 107.
Then changed the DPI and saved as JPEG.

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