Scanning Cards

miguelcabrera · Feb 26, 2009

Hey guys, I cannot scan cards for the life of me, I think part of it is my scanner, I have to put it on perfectly for it to come out well.
How do you guys scan your cards, any tips would be great

basically if you look at my sig, you will see the superfractor is scanned poorly and that is pretty decent for y scanner, if you look at it that is the type of problem I am having, any suggestions would be great.

bigalexx · Feb 26, 2009

Line it up on a corner, than scan. If its showing alot of extra space, crop it.

aw00d05 · Feb 26, 2009

Have you wiped down the scanner to get the junk off it?

miguelcabrera · Feb 26, 2009

sometimes it will not even have extra space
it will have cut the card diagonally in half and zoomed in on a part so only like 25 percent of the card is in the scan but no extra space

Johan Santana 57 · Feb 26, 2009

or maybe you can just admit you are an idiot and not blame it on the scanner

miguelcabrera · Feb 26, 2009

Johan Santana #57 said:
or maybe you can just admit you are an idiot and not blame it on the scanner

sure, whatever you say.

MOFNY · Feb 26, 2009

What program are you using?

miguelcabrera · Feb 26, 2009

HP photosmart i think

chrome_ball · Feb 26, 2009

Preview the scan and then select the area to scan before making the actual image.

Nick1190 · Feb 26, 2009

Johan Santana #57 said:
or maybe you can just admit you are an idiot and not blame it on the scanner

Thanked.

miguelcabrera · Feb 26, 2009

Nick1190 said:
Johan Santana #57 said:

or maybe you can just admit you are an idiot and not blame it on the scanner

Click to expand...

Thanked.

is there a reason you have to be such a *****?

onionring9 · Feb 26, 2009

depends on the software you are using

since I don't know I can only suggest a hack I just thought of if you are having an auto cropping issue

-put the card on the scanner (middle is fine)
-take a large flat surface (preferably black so when it scans it won't look horrible) I guess just find a large piece of cardboard to try this out
-place the flat thing over 90% of the scanner bed
-leave the scanner open and scan.

Maybe that will force it to think everything is one image then you can crop it out with a paint program?

onionring9 · Feb 26, 2009

onionring9 said:
depends on the software you are using

since I don't know I can only suggest a hack I just thought of if you are having an auto cropping issue

-put the card on the scanner (middle is fine)
-take a large flat surface (preferably black so when it scans it won't look horrible) I guess just find a large piece of cardboard to try this out
-place the flat thing over 90% of the scanner bed
-leave the scanner open and scan.

Maybe that will force it to think everything is one image then you can crop it out with a paint program?

or just find a piece of dark paper that is a bit bigger than the card and put it behind the card so if it crops anything out, it crops the paper out and not the card

Johan Santana 57 · Feb 26, 2009

miguelcabrera said:
Nick1190 said:

Johan Santana #57 said:

or maybe you can just admit you are an idiot and not blame it on the scanner

Click to expand...

Thanked.

Click to expand...

is there a reason you have to be such a *****?

cause its fun

thenumberonemetfan · Feb 26, 2009

miguelcabrera said:
Nick1190 said:

Johan Santana #57 said:

or maybe you can just admit you are an idiot and not blame it on the scanner

Click to expand...

Thanked.

Click to expand...

is there a reason you have to be such a *****?

In this case I have to agree with miguelcabrera.He asked a decent question and you guys call him an idiot.

op:I scan all my cards raw(no toploader or sleeve).I scan it in the dark with the lid open so it pops.

onionring9 · Feb 26, 2009

Nick1190 said:
Johan Santana #57 said:

or maybe you can just admit you are an idiot and not blame it on the scanner

Click to expand...

Thanked.

Seriously guys? Grow up. This was a legitimate post. If you have problems with him on other threads, keep it on other threads.

CISCOKID23 · Feb 26, 2009

aw00d05 said:
Have you wiped down the scanner to get the junk off it?

ITS NOT JUNK ...THEY ARE MIGUEL CABRERA CARDS :? :? :?

SORRY JUST HAD TO SAY IT

bigalexx · Feb 26, 2009

onionring9 said:
Nick1190 said:

Johan Santana #57 said:

or maybe you can just admit you are an idiot and not blame it on the scanner

Click to expand...

Thanked.

Click to expand...

Seriously guys? Grow up. This was a legitimate post. If you have problems with him on other threads, keep it on other threads.

Yea, I also am going to have to defend Miggy here.

Tomlinson21RB · Feb 26, 2009

thenumberonemetfan said:
miguelcabrera said:

Nick1190 said:

Johan Santana #57 said:

or maybe you can just admit you are an idiot and not blame it on the scanner

Click to expand...

Thanked.

Click to expand...

is there a reason you have to be such a *****?

Click to expand...

In this case I have to agree with miguelcabrera.He asked a decent question and you guys call him an idiot.

op:I scan all my cards raw(no toploader or sleeve).I scan it in the dark with the lid open so it pops.

+1 on both accounts

miguelcabrera · Feb 26, 2009

all right thanks to everyone who replied to my actual question, I will give your suggestions a try.

by the way tomlinsonRB21, that is a great hanley card!

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