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I'm trying to scan a photo that appeared in a newspaper in 1944. So its VERY tatty & poor quality compared to what we see in papers now.
Not surprisingly, the photo is coming out very dotty, so I can't blow it up to see the faces more clearly. Its about 14cm x 9 cm & I would like to be able to enlarge it on the screen, it doesn't have to be good enough to print out.
I have a cheap scanning program (ie free with the printer) that doesn't have the option of a filter for newsprint. I can alter things like dpi, contrast sampling etc.
It actually looks better on the scanning preview screen than after its scanned, so I've obviously not found the right combination of settings yet.
Can anyone suggest anything I can do to minimise the dottiness?
I'm trying to scan a photo that appeared in a newspaper in 1944. So its VERY tatty & poor quality compared to what we see in papers now.
Not surprisingly, the photo is coming out very dotty, so I can't blow it up to see the faces more clearly. Its about 14cm x 9 cm & I would like to be able to enlarge it on the screen, it doesn't have to be good enough to print out.
I have a cheap scanning program (ie free with the printer) that doesn't have the option of a filter for newsprint. I can alter things like dpi, contrast sampling etc.
It actually looks better on the scanning preview screen than after its scanned, so I've obviously not found the right combination of settings yet.
Can anyone suggest anything I can do to minimise the dottiness?
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