by 999 » May 26, 2001 @ 2:52pm
It's CMYK, Cyan - Magenta - Yellow and blacK. That's the print standard, anything out of that range is called a 5th color. A 6th color would be one that has a metallic glitter shine.<br><br>All home printers work off of an RGB palette, the better ones use the standard CMYK inks.<br><br>I think the problem isn't with the ink, or the printer, but rather the settings you're using.<br><br>A direct scan to print would just be a 100% scan of the image at 72dpi. If you shoot it through your PC and set it to the "highest" quality, that should mean you're now scanning at a much higher DPI (300 at least) and could also very well be scanning at more than 100%.<br><br>I'm not sure how complex or configurable your scanner is, but make sure to check the DPI (Dots Per Inch). The higher the DPI, the more shitty your scan will look at 100% size. Now, if in photoshop for example, just tap ctrl + "-" until the image becomes as sharp as you'd like it to be. Note the scale percentage, do the math and resize your image to the smaller dimensions and DPI.<br><br>A high DPI makes the image look like you're really zoomed in, and you can actually see the dot matrix patterns from the print-press. You could do a Despeckle filter in photoshop to fix that, but it's effectivenes is limited.<br><br>Of course to avoid all this, just scan at lower settings. A high DPI should only be used when scanning Film. Since film can scale to insane dimensions, scanning at a higher DPI will help you enlarge the image to fit your needs. I've blown up a 1x1 inch piece of film to 16x16 inches with the help of a drum scanner.<br><br>
Help with my scanner
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