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Scanner Tips

by Andrew Malek - September 07, 2001 at 17:22:35:

By Andrew Malek - March 2001 1960 PCUG http://www.1960pcug.org Increase Scanner Results with Black -Have you ever had problems with scanning thin paper or irregular-sized pictures? Thin paper is hard to scan as the light from the scanner can go through the paper, creating a useless scan. Irregular-sized pictures are hard to scan, as it is nearly impossible to get the dimension settings correctly configured with most scanner software. You usually end up scanning part of the glass, resulting in off-white colors that can take time to remove. One suggested trick is to place a piece of black construction paper, or a black folder, behind the scanned image. This way, due to the light absorption, thin paper usually scans better. For irregular sized images, instead of getting the glass color around the image, you just get the solid color black, which is much easier to remove. CD Player Play-Lists - Most people use the CD player the easy way - they pop a CD into the computer and it plays the CD from start to finish. Suppose, though, that you don't like a particular song on a CD. You may like track 15 so much that you want to hear it twice in a row. Or, suppose you want to hear track 6 first, then track 1? If so, after starting the CD player with a CD in the drive, stop the playback. Choose "Disc," then "Edit Play List..." From here, you can rearrange how the tracks will be played on the current CD. These tips are copyright 1999-2001 Andrew Malek and were originally published on MalekTips.Com - http://www.malektips.com.


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