Thread: Help with computer

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what scanning software are you using

open the scanner settings or using a different scanning software you should be able to set the capture area and the resolution.

most scanners can do over 3600DPI but in reality you only need about 320DPI for basic work thats going to be jpeg'd for the internet, 640-720ish if your doing simple photo work that wont be messed with too much or if your only reproducing at say 6x4 at one of those chemist style plugnplay photo printer stands.

Dave, set the scanner to somewhere between 150 and 300dpi. Anything more will be wasted on a business card. If you are scanning negatives or slide film then you need the really high resolution but if you just want a replica of the card this will be fine.

I only use 75DPI and find no problem with that setting, Regards Frank.

75DPI is ideal for displaying on screen.

Things to look for are

• file type & compression. I tend to use JPG and you could probably get away with 50% or more compression
• colour vs greyscale. They're only business cards so greyscale should suffice
• DPI. has already been covered

My problem is that I can't find where to change the DPI.

When I go to scan there are some options available but nothing about DPI.

I also want my scanned document to be like a word doc where I can edit and enlarge it etc.

Dave.

Scanned images are exactly that, they're images, so normally you can't edit them in a word processor. To do that, you need what's called an OCR - Optical Character Recognition - program. It converts the image into text.

To be honest it sounds like a lot of effort unless you have a massive pile of business cards to scan, in which case, you might want to invest in a dedicated business card scanner?

You may be able to configure it within the Windows Control Panel. Possibly in the printer section.