Scanning for my Canon PIXMA MP500 wasn’t to hard, I did need to download the drivers and navigator program (the printer is second so not really surprising), but once that drama was over it was fairly straightforward J
Using the Navigator Program, select the options yo
u want for the scan – resolution, Descreen, Unsharp Mask, document size and type – put the document in and hit scan. Simple pimple!
So Descreen is an important option to be aware of. With
out it pictures, fabrics, specialty papers can all come with Moire Patterns – the things that make your eyes bug when looking through two layers of polyester chiffon. Luckily for us MP500 owners Canon has given us the option to turn it on and remove the risk.
To Scan specifically for internet you want a good quality picture with no Moire patterns, this would be recommended at 360dpi Descreen on however my Navigator program only does 300 or 400 dpi options so I went for 300dpi as I know that is still a good quality resolution and I wasn’t sure if 400dpi would make the file size a bit big (?). For print it depends on the type of document it is: for photos, no more than 600dpi or it gets to heavy with ink, for picture like this 300dpi is a good start point 360dpi if you can. Here are three resolutions for a look at what they do on the net -
75dpi
150dpi
300dpi
Why is it blue and underlined?
Anyway....... Here are examples of a couple of other document types:
Illustration 300dpi, descreen on (not really needed)
Patterned Fabric 300dpi, descreen on
they all look the same on here WAAAAAA :(
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