Lost colors in hp scan

Archived from groups: comp.sys.hp.hardware (More info?)

Hello,

The preview shows more colors than the actual scan.

For example, the boy I'm scanning now shows up in the preview window
with black hair and he is standing against a dark blue wall.

But when I scan him the tiff doesn't have these colors. What was dark
blue becomes:
R: 0
G: 0
B: 0
In other words, completely black. The boundary between his hair and the
wall is lost.

If the preview shows a different shade for the wall, I know the ccd
array is picking it up. Why does HP flush this data down the toilet when
it does the actual scan?

--
Hop David
http://clowder.net/hop/index.html

Archived from groups: comp.sys.hp.hardware (More info?)

Well, maybe it would help to supply more information. Which scanner? Which
scanning software? Which operating system? Depending on the scanning software,
there are adjustments which can be made to change various scanner settings.

.... Ben Myers

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:47:03 -0700, Hop David
<hopspageHATESSPAaMmM@tabletoptelephone.com> wrote:

>
>
>Hop David wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> The preview shows more colors than the actual scan.
>>
>> For example, the boy I'm scanning now shows up in the preview window
>> with black hair and he is standing against a dark blue wall.
>>
>> But when I scan him the tiff doesn't have these colors. What was dark
>> blue becomes:
>> R: 0
>> G: 0
>> B: 0
>> In other words, completely black. The boundary between his hair and the
>> wall is lost.
>>
>> If the preview shows a different shade for the wall, I know the ccd
>> array is picking it up. Why does HP flush this data down the toilet when
>> it does the actual scan?
>>
>
>Rats. After 6 days still no response. Will take this group off my
>newsreader. If anyone knows how to get all the colors in my hp scan,
>please e-mail me at the reply-to address minus the obvious spam block.
>
>Regards,
>
>--
>Hop David
>http://clowder.net/hop/index.html
>