Digital BW, The Print

Two hours scanning time? My Polaroid Sprintscan 120 will scan a 6x7 
neg at 4000 dpi in less than a couple of min. Plus, most of that time 
is spent in prescan. I use a Win 2000 pc with 768 MB of Ram. Of 
course, I'm also using SilverFast AI software. But what good is ICE 
with B&W?

Bruce McElhaney
McElhaney Portrait Studio
Livonia, MI




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., J Greer <jgpinfo@u...> 
wrote:
> The only thing they say is the computer had 512 MB of RAM. Not very 
helpful.
> 
> My Win 2000 PC has 384 MB RAM and I don't get times anywhere near 2 
hours 
> on my Polaroid SprintScan 120. Now, I haven't tried a 48 bit color 
neg scan 
> at 4000 dpi (only 24 bit at 2400, and 6 x 4.5, to boot), but I 
can't see 
> the scans being in the 2 hour range. But the SS 120 doesn't have 
ICE-like 
> technology, either.
> 
> They do say that using ICE, ROC, and GEM will increase time 
> "significantly." Wish they were more thorough in their test (like, 
how 
> about scan times with this stuff off, if indeed it is what produced 
the 2+ 
> hour scan). The review is only one page.
> 
> Jeff Greer
> 
> At 10:27 AM 05/11/2002 +0100, you wrote:
> >That may have been with the ICE, GEM, whatever options turned on.
> >That will really slow down a scan. In a simple test, I was able to
> >spot a slide in far less time than it took for the scanner to scan
> >with ICE on. Very likely system dependent as well... did they give
> >the specs of the computer used?
> >
> >Tim
> >
> > > Just read a review of the Minolta DiMAGE Scan Multi PRO in Pop. 
Photo.
> > > (June issue) and they said a 6x7 scan at 48-bit color (and I 
assume the
> > > full 4800 dpi resolution) took 2 hours, 14 minutes. I almost 
have to think
> > > this is a mistake. Definitely something to think about.
> > >
> > > Jeff Greer
> >
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