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Lancemountain · Oct 7, 2010

I had to get a new scanner since my ceiling destroyed my old one :x

Anyway it's an epson v330 and any card that is a refractor this is happening:

Any tricks to fix this?

wlalocal71 · Oct 7, 2010

Try scanning the card at an angle, usually works for me...

Lancemountain · Oct 7, 2010

no go harry tried that too.

I'm sure there is a fix, can't figure it

shuedini · Oct 7, 2010

I think the reason you're getting those lines is because your scanner is LED based.

Lancemountain · Oct 7, 2010

shuedini said:
I think the reason you're getting those lines is because your scanner is LED based.

so no hope for that to be fixed, eh?

Gwynn545 · Oct 7, 2010

You could take a picture of the card with a digital camera, print out the picture, then scan the picture...

shuedini · Oct 7, 2010

Lancemountain said:
shuedini said:

I think the reason you're getting those lines is because your scanner is LED based.

Click to expand...

so no hope for that to be fixed, eh?

Not unless someone here knows a good trick. The way I got around this was by purchasing a new scanner. I got a Canon LiDE scanner and I love it.

No scanner bars in my scans:
$2004ToppsChromeBlackRefractors.jpg$

Looking at the picture of my card...I believed I scanned it while it was in a penny sleeve and a toploader. You might give that a shot.

G $MONEY$ · Oct 7, 2010

i think it looks cool

Lancemountain · Oct 7, 2010

shue thanks for the help

this one?
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-LiDE200-Col ... 081&sr=8-1

shuedini · Oct 7, 2010

Lancemountain said:
shue thanks for the help

this one?
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-LiDE200-Col ... 081&sr=8-1

Actually, I purchased mine several years ago. This is the one I've got: Canon CanoScan LiDE 600F
Looks like it can be had for rather cheap now. I originally purchased this to scan in some film negatives I had sitting around. I later found out that it does a nice job of scanning cards as well. Now if I could just figure out a way to scan the fronts and backs at the same time.

leatherman · Oct 7, 2010

There are two main requirements when buying any scanner for baseball cards:

1. CCD (Charge Coupled Device) scanning element. This is the most common scanning element, but it is more expensive than the CIS (Contact Image Sensor) element. You need this because the CIS only scans what is touching the glass, which is fine for cards in toploaders, but produces noise (fuzziness) when trying to scan cards in slabs. If you see blurry writing on a BGS slab, you can be assured that the scanner is a CIS scanner. Make sure the element on your scanner is a CCD.

2. Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp as a light source (or Xenon gas Cold Cathode Lamp, but this is considerably more expensive). Some scanners use a series of LED lamps as a light source, but if you scan a refractor, you will see streaks of brightness where the lamps moved across the surface of the card, as the OP showed in the first post. From Epson's website on the v330 scanner:

ReadyScan™ LED Technology
This energy-efficient light source uses less power, while ensuring greater productivity. And, there's no warmup time required. Best of all, with no mercury included, this LED technology is better for the environment than traditional cold cathode fluorescent lamps.

This is all true, but it will also produce streaks on ANY reflective surface being scanned.

Sorry, but there is no way to eliminate those streaks from your images with that scanner.

leatherman · Oct 7, 2010

Lancemountain said:
shue thanks for the help

this one?
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-LiDE200-Col ... 081&sr=8-1

Absolutely not.

CIS image sensor = blurry scans of cards in slabs.

Lancemountain · Oct 7, 2010

Thanks for the help leatherman!

mmier118 · Oct 8, 2010

Hi I'm actually looking for a scanner too, can anyone recommend one that will work well for cards, I keep reading the descriptions of the scanner but can't tell if the are the CCD or CID type of scanner. Thanks,

Mike

Tomlinson21RB · Oct 8, 2010

mmier118 said:
Hi I'm actually looking for a scanner too, can anyone recommend one that will work well for cards, I keep reading the descriptions of the scanner but can't tell if the are the CCD or CID type of scanner. Thanks,

Mike

HP G3110

Slabs

Regular Cards

Refractors

Supers

mmier118 · Oct 8, 2010

thanks that's the first scanner I've seen with both the CCD and the non LED light. You really have to dig on the details to find out if they have that I've found.

mlbfan10 · Oct 8, 2010

Yes get a HP Scanjet they are awesome I have a G4010.

Slabs, Check the ref scans in my sig.

boomo · Oct 8, 2010

yes, but can you boys do 300 scans an hour

mlbfan10 · Oct 8, 2010

boomo said:
yes, but can you boys do 300 scans an hour

I have never tried but I will say no. I don't need to though.

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