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From: markley@celece.ucsd.edu (Mike Markley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: DTP package for a neophite
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Date: 31 Oct 88 23:06:37 GMT
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In article <75082@sun.uucp> chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>>Is the thunderscanner high quality enough to reproduce photographs for the 
>>newletter or do I need to go to better ($$$) scanner?
>
>No, It's not. Neither is a 300 DPI scanner unless you want washed out,
>blurry semi-representations of the original photograph. If it needs to be
>halftoned, the technology isn't there yet in any affordable scanner.
>
>Chuq Von Rospach			chuq@sun.COM		Delphi: CHUQ
>Editor/Publisher, OtherRealms

I have owned a Thunderscanner for a long time and have been
very 
happy with the quality of the scan.  Since it saves the 
information as six bit per pixel grayscale it is possible
to get very good results when printing.  I also would
recommend getting Digital Darkroom from Silicon Beach
Software.  This program allows the user to process the
picture then save it as a TIFF file.  I have been very
impressed with the abilities of Digital Darkroom and
would recommend it.  Pictures that I have printed to
a LaserWriter have been more than adequate for distribution
and photocopying.

Mike Markley
CAE systems Administrator UCSD ECE Dept.