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How do I set the brightness and contrast on my canon mp220 for scanning a document, depending on where the pointer is, it cuts off some of the picture?
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I'm clutching at straws here but here goes:
First off, your scan resolution should never be more than 300ppi. All you're really doing is making your scanned image file size bigger but not really gaining any visual benefits. It won't improve the quality of the image as the human eye can't really tell the difference between a printed 300dpi and 600dpi at a glance unless under close scrutiny of a magnifying glass. If you only intend to look at your images on screen and NOT print them, then 72ppi scans will be sufficient.
Second - I think what you mean by the broken lines is - this is the previous set scan area/size set from your last scan. You need to clear this so the scanner will scan the image/photo on the whole of the flatbed glass plate and not the set dimensions.
There should be a button to click on your scanners interface called "Clear" or "Reset". You may also be using the scanners Basic Home or Beginners Mode.
Change this to "Professional Mode" to give you more control over your scanning and achieve better results.
When using the Professional Mode this will also give you access to control the Brightness & Contrast settings before you scan should you think it will improve your scans but please adjust all Calibration settings with caution as they may throw up some unexpected results if you don't know what they do. Stick with the default settings if in doubt.
Another tip is to always do a 'Preview Scan' first to check the results and then select the area of the Preview Scan that you want to keep using the mouse to click and drag over the preview scan on screen before you click Scan or Save.
I hope some of this info is helpful to you.
First off, your scan resolution should never be more than 300ppi. All you're really doing is making your scanned image file size bigger but not really gaining any visual benefits. It won't improve the quality of the image as the human eye can't really tell the difference between a printed 300dpi and 600dpi at a glance unless under close scrutiny of a magnifying glass. If you only intend to look at your images on screen and NOT print them, then 72ppi scans will be sufficient.
Second - I think what you mean by the broken lines is - this is the previous set scan area/size set from your last scan. You need to clear this so the scanner will scan the image/photo on the whole of the flatbed glass plate and not the set dimensions.
There should be a button to click on your scanners interface called "Clear" or "Reset". You may also be using the scanners Basic Home or Beginners Mode.
Change this to "Professional Mode" to give you more control over your scanning and achieve better results.
When using the Professional Mode this will also give you access to control the Brightness & Contrast settings before you scan should you think it will improve your scans but please adjust all Calibration settings with caution as they may throw up some unexpected results if you don't know what they do. Stick with the default settings if in doubt.
Another tip is to always do a 'Preview Scan' first to check the results and then select the area of the Preview Scan that you want to keep using the mouse to click and drag over the preview scan on screen before you click Scan or Save.
I hope some of this info is helpful to you.
Sorry tamaris - I'm afraid I can't really help you any further. I've just realised that it's an all-in-one printer you have, that does printing, scanning & copying.
I thought it was just a stand-alone scanner you had where you would be using scanning software on the PC/Mac to scan your images straight on to your PC/Mac. I also assumed that you had prior scanning knowledge.
For example - I have an Epson Scanner and use my Photoshop software with a TWAIN Driver to scan my images or sometimes I just use the Basic EpsonScan software to scan - but even this allows me to control my scanning on my Mac.
My old Canon LiDE Scanner was using Photoshop back in 2007 but I can remember using the 'Canon MP Navigator' software and at the top right of the screen was a 'Preferences' button that let you change various settings.
Also along the 'Tool Bar Buttons' there was a 'Crop Image Tool' which looked like two 'L' shapes that overlap to form a Square Window - this allowed you to select the scan area of the image.
I hope you still manage to get help from other sources on here to solve your scanning issues. I've ran out of ideas now. Good luck.
I thought it was just a stand-alone scanner you had where you would be using scanning software on the PC/Mac to scan your images straight on to your PC/Mac. I also assumed that you had prior scanning knowledge.
For example - I have an Epson Scanner and use my Photoshop software with a TWAIN Driver to scan my images or sometimes I just use the Basic EpsonScan software to scan - but even this allows me to control my scanning on my Mac.
My old Canon LiDE Scanner was using Photoshop back in 2007 but I can remember using the 'Canon MP Navigator' software and at the top right of the screen was a 'Preferences' button that let you change various settings.
Also along the 'Tool Bar Buttons' there was a 'Crop Image Tool' which looked like two 'L' shapes that overlap to form a Square Window - this allowed you to select the scan area of the image.
I hope you still manage to get help from other sources on here to solve your scanning issues. I've ran out of ideas now. Good luck.
Eccles cake it is a Canon all in one printer scanner copier. PIXMA MP220
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