Strange Epson 4180 Problem

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Brian Pears

Hi

The problem I'm having is that the area actually scanned does
not exactly correspond with the marquee I draw on the preview.

I'm trying to scan photographs and include a narrow border around
the image - but when I carefully set the marquee on the zoomed
preview window and do a scan, the area actually scanned is
offset to the left by about 1.5 mm. Off course I can correct
for this by offsetting the marquee a little to the right, but
it is an irritating fault.

Can anyone please suggest why this is happening - or, even better,
suggest how to correct it.
 
Brian said:
Hi

The problem I'm having is that the area actually scanned does
not exactly correspond with the marquee I draw on the preview.

I'm trying to scan photographs and include a narrow border around
the image - but when I carefully set the marquee on the zoomed
preview window and do a scan, the area actually scanned is
offset to the left by about 1.5 mm. Off course I can correct
for this by offsetting the marquee a little to the right, but
it is an irritating fault.

Can anyone please suggest why this is happening - or, even better,
suggest how to correct it.
Click to expand...

Use the zoom view function (right click the selection box or use the
magnifying glass icon)? Frankly, when I do this type of selection, I
normally scan directly in the editor establish the marquee during
editing.

Q
 
Quaoar said:
Use the zoom view function (right click the selection box or use the
magnifying glass icon)? Frankly, when I do this type of selection, I
normally scan directly in the editor establish the marquee during
editing.
Click to expand...

Thanks - but as I wrote, I do use the zoom view function.

Scanning the entire bed and cropping in an editor is certainly
an option, but this really slows down the process.

What I'm really hoping for is some sort of calibration option
so that the area scanned can be adjusted to match the marquee
selected.
 
Brian said:
Thanks - but as I wrote, I do use the zoom view function.

Scanning the entire bed and cropping in an editor is certainly
an option, but this really slows down the process.

What I'm really hoping for is some sort of calibration option
so that the area scanned can be adjusted to match the marquee
selected.
Click to expand...

Another thought, not really knowing your version of the software, that
there might be a grid size option that is controlling this; maybe even
an origin setting that would fix the offset? The latter is probably too
much to ask since it might be really useful for specialty scans.

Q
 
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