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<STRONG>From:</STRONG> Harry E. Clarke (<A HREF="mailto:hec@heclarke.freeserve.co.uk?Subject=Re:%20Printing%20with%20xsane&In-Reply-To=&lt;20000410210929.5EF74AD1B3@heclarke.freeserve.co.uk&gt;"><EM>hec@heclarke.freeserve.co.uk</EM></A>)<BR>
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I don't think you have answered my question.
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<P>The zoom factor alters the size of the image, which is not very helpful.
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<P>The point I was trying to make is that xsane should, in Copy mode, scan
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at the most efficient for the type of printer copying to. Efficiency
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in quality and printsize. Perhaps in the Copy options, you need to add
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the type of Printer, b/w, 8 bit colour, etc.
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Copy of Binary is at printer resolution.
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Copy of Gray to b/w printer is at third printer resoloution, otherwise
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at printer resolution.
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Copy of colour to b/w printer is at third printer resoultion gray scale,
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otherwise at printer resolution.
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<P>The reason is that if I want to use my scanner/printer as a photocopier,
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two minutes to Copy is far better than 20 minutes. The only way I can
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achieve the desired effect is to specify the printer resolution as 200dpi,
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and to use Gray scale.
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Using Binary at 600dpi printer resolution produces a poorer copy, and a
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slightly bigger file (8.2MBytes against 7.3Mbytes)
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Maybe using a reduced printer resolution is a workaround, but xsane
<BR>
should do the hard work and work out the optimum.
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<P>Incidentally, next to the Start button the following is displayed
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4960 px x 6983 px (33.0 MB)
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While I guess 4960 px is 4,960 pixels, what does the 33.0 MB stand for.
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It is not the filesize or printsize as I first assumed. I guess you mean
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33.0 Mpx (for Mega pixels). However, I suggest it would be more useful
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to show the size in Mbytes of the file, print or fax that will be created.
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<P>Regards
<BR>
Harry
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<P>&quot;Harry E. Clarke&quot; wrote:
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<P><EM>&gt; I have performed some experimentation with xsane, as I was wondering why
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<EM>&gt; the Copy feature was taking so long.
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<EM>&gt;
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; My setup is an Epson Perfection 1200S scanner (1200 dpi), and a Hewlett
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<EM>&gt; Packard LaserJet 6MP printer (600 dpi postscipt).
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<EM>&gt;
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<EM>&gt; Using xsane, version 0.58, I performed the following tests, scanning
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<EM>&gt; greyscale of an A4 page. All scans at 200 dpi
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<EM>&gt;
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; Copy/Scan filetype filesize Printsize
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<EM>&gt; Copy -------- 65.9Mbytes
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; ps 7.4Mbytes 7.6Mbytes
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<EM>&gt; jpeg 302kbytes
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; png 501kbytes 4.8Mbytes
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; pnm 3.8Mbytes
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; tiff 552kbytes 4.7Mbytes
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt;
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; I made the initial mistake of using xv to print the jpeg files, which while
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<EM>&gt; producing a printfile of only 848.3kbytes, there was a loss of quality.
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<EM>&gt; The tiff and png printsizes were obtained using gimp.
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<EM>&gt;
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; The 200dpi postscript file was virtually identical to the Copy image.
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<EM>&gt;
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; Question - why does xsane send such a large file to the printer in the
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<EM>&gt; Copy mode. The ideal while scanning greyscale would seem to be to scan
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<EM>&gt; at third resolution of the b/w printer. Even scanning at 600 dpi to a
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<EM>&gt; postscript file produces a file of 31.8Mbytes.
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<EM>&gt;
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; I tried using xsane within Gimp, but the image was smaller - why?
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt;
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; Regards
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; Harry
</EM><BR>
<P>Hi Harry,
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<P>1)
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if you use the copy mode of xsane you can not set up a resolution for the scan.
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In the preferences menu you set up a resolution for the printer. If you use the
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zoom factor 1.0 that is the same, if you use zoom factor 2.0 the scan resolution
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is the double of the entered printer resolution.
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<P>If you entered &quot;600 dpi&quot; for the printer resolution all scans are done with
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600*zoomfactor dpi
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<P>2)
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the printfile always is a postscript file and that uses about 2 bytes for each pixel
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because the image is given in hex code. If you print a png file with &quot;lpr test.png&quot;
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the png file is converted to postscript and the postscript file is much larger than
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the png file!
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<P>Bye
<BR>
Oliver
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