Scanning problem with HP Officejet 6310

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I wanted to scan a photo today. It is very small and I want to
enlarge it. To do that I have to up the resolution quite a bit when
it scans. The default is 200 bpi.

When I upped it to anything larger than 1200 I got a message that I
don't have enough memory for the scan. I close all programs, before
trying but still got the same message.

This never happened with my last scanner. Does this thing scan
everything into memory first? I had chosen that it scan to a file.

I only have 512M of memory.

Any suggestions - other than upping the memory on my PC?

thanks
 
I wanted to scan a photo today. It is very small and I want to
enlarge it. To do that I have to up the resolution quite a bit when
it scans. The default is 200 bpi.

When I upped it to anything larger than 1200 I got a message that I
don't have enough memory for the scan. I close all programs, before
trying but still got the same message.

This never happened with my last scanner. Does this thing scan
everything into memory first? I had chosen that it scan to a file.

I only have 512M of memory.

Any suggestions - other than upping the memory on my PC?

thanks
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I suppose that if people knew what computer and scanner you used it
could help with an answer.
You could cut way down on the memory needed if you cropped the picture
before the scan so you were not scanning an 8.5X12 image to begin
with. Perhaps you already did that. Why not try increasing the DPI
gradually and see what happens. The default is set to 200 because the
resulting image won't look much better by increasing it, while the
trouble, time, and file size grow tremendously.
 
I suppose that if people knew what computer and scanner you used it
could help with an answer.
You could cut way down on the memory needed if you cropped the picture
before the scan so you were not scanning an 8.5X12 image to begin
with. Perhaps you already did that. Why not try increasing the DPI
gradually and see what happens. The default is set to 200 because the
resulting image won't look much better by increasing it, while the
trouble, time, and file size grow tremendously.
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I have a Dell Dimension. It has 512meg RAM. About 30GB of free disk
space. The photo I was scanning was 2/5" x 4".

The scanner is the Officejet 6310 that I mentioned on the subject
line. I probably should have mentioned it again in the body of the
message.
 
I have a Dell Dimension. It has 512meg RAM. About 30GB of free disk
space. The photo I was scanning was 2/5" x 4".
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Are you sure about that picture size? 2/5"X4" is a mere sliver of a
picture.
I checked my Visioneer scanner with a 2"X4" and 1200DPI. The image
size was 33MB.
When I checked at 8"X10" the size was 330MB, still well within your
memory capacity. However, depending on what OS you are running and
what start programs and so on you have, you could easily only have
only 200MB free for use. I have 512 in my Gateway here and only 332
free at this time.
I really believe your memory problem is caused by your scanner trying
to scan an entire 8"X10 or 12" image before cropping. You want to
crop the picture first before increasing the DPI to 1200 to save
memory. That should work for you.
As a separate issue, you should know what your memory usage is by
checking the system monitor. Many applications hog more memory than
they need and don't return it. And the operating system has leaks. I
like to run a memory defrag to get that memory back. The key is to
know what you are using at any time.
 
Are you sure about that picture size? 2/5"X4" is a mere sliver of a
picture.
I checked my Visioneer scanner with a 2"X4" and 1200DPI. The image
size was 33MB.
When I checked at 8"X10" the size was 330MB, still well within your
memory capacity. However, depending on what OS you are running and
what start programs and so on you have, you could easily only have
only 200MB free for use. I have 512 in my Gateway here and only 332
free at this time.
I really believe your memory problem is caused by your scanner trying
to scan an entire 8"X10 or 12" image before cropping. You want to
crop the picture first before increasing the DPI to 1200 to save
memory. That should work for you.
As a separate issue, you should know what your memory usage is by
checking the system monitor. Many applications hog more memory than
they need and don't return it. And the operating system has leaks. I
like to run a memory defrag to get that memory back. The key is to
know what you are using at any time.
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I am absolutely positive. First thing it does is let me preview the
scan. At that time you're right, it's 8x10. I drag the borders to
include only the photo which is very small. As I scale it down it
tells me the file size it will create. When I set the resolution at
3600 dpi the file size was more than 500meg even for that tiny
photo.

Clearly it must scan it into memory first. I guess I'm trying to find
out if there's a way to have it do it some other way.
 
I am absolutely positive. First thing it does is let me preview the
scan. At that time you're right, it's 8x10. I drag the borders to
include only the photo which is very small. As I scale it down it
tells me the file size it will create. When I set the resolution at
3600 dpi the file size was more than 500meg even for that tiny
photo.

Clearly it must scan it into memory first. I guess I'm trying to find
out if there's a way to have it do it some other way.
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First you were talking about 1200DPI. Now you are suggesting 3600DPI.
I doubt that you would see any difference between 600 and 3600 on that
little photo. If the detail is not there in the first place, a scanner
can't put it there for you. Enhancing the photo later could tough.
At any given time, you may only have 150MB or less of free memory
available for work with your system. You have not mentioned whether
you monitor that or not. Apparently, you have no idea what is
available, but based on 512 going in, it's not enough. I use an old
Win98 system and I can force a virtual memory minimum much higher than
the installed RAM. That could be the way to cover this memory
shortage. Check your system performance and virtual memory.
Also, have a crossword puzzle or book handy to help pass the time as
it scans.
 
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