Scanners

[Sir Krustin]

Originally posted by GokuZool: *Question* If I want to scan my drawings and photos what would be a good resolution. Most of the cheaper ones are 600 x 1200 dpi. What does this mean?

600x1200 dpi is adequate for most purposes. To put that in perspective, an 8x11 page scanned at 600 dpi would be an image 4800x7700 in size - thats way too large for displaying on just about any computer screen. 150 (or 300 if you're scanning something small) is much more reasonable for graphics being displayed on a website or somesuch.

High resolution is useful for scanning small stuff though.

[GokuZool]

Ok, this my last question.. (honest )

There are two scanners which I am considering...

CanoScan LiDE 20 $149 AUD ($88 USD)

OR

CanoScan D1250U2 $179 AUD ($105 USD)

Which one is the better for what I want to use it for? (scanning drawings for making online comics and coloured art and maby scanning the odd photo)

THANKS! [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/cheers.gif[/img]

[ 02-12-2003, 05:01 AM: Message edited by: GokuZool ]