Hello Nancy, Tuesday, July 26, 2005, 9:18:31 PM, you wrote: NT> I have been trying to copy some old b/w photos. They tend to come NT> out a kind of faded gray. I would like them to come out the way NT> they print from the negatives. Setting it on b/w, is just too NT> stark... you cannot see the details. If you are scanning these then it may be your scanner that's not up to the job - faded scans is one of the signs of the tube wearing out ! It's possible to compensate for this a little with the scanner settings but there's a limit to what you can do here and it depends on the scanner driver software. However, the best way of sharpening up those B/W prints ( no matter where you got them from ) is to load them into a graphics editing program ( Photoshop / Paintshop Pro / The Gimp .. etc ) and adjust the brightness / contrast. With a little bit of trial and error you'll be able to make the blacks deeper and whites whiter so that your Canon printer will be able to do a better job - any printer can only print what you send to it :-) HTH -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe

Barry, Lance & Courtney, also suggested I try scanning them in on color and also printing them set on color! Sounds nuts, but it worked very well! I am gonna try your suggestion, too Thanks, MUCH!! PAX NancyT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry" <barry@yobunny.co.uk> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:11 AM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] RE: printing photos Hello Nancy, Tuesday, July 26, 2005, 9:18:31 PM, you wrote: NT> I have been trying to copy some old b/w photos. They tend to come NT> out a kind of faded gray. I would like them to come out the way NT> they print from the negatives. Setting it on b/w, is just too NT> stark... you cannot see the details. If you are scanning these then it may be your scanner that's not up to the job - faded scans is one of the signs of the tube wearing out ! It's possible to compensate for this a little with the scanner settings but there's a limit to what you can do here and it depends on the scanner driver software. However, the best way of sharpening up those B/W prints ( no matter where you got them from ) is to load them into a graphics editing program ( Photoshop / Paintshop Pro / The Gimp .. etc ) and adjust the brightness / contrast. With a little bit of trial and error you'll be able to make the blacks deeper and whites whiter so that your Canon printer will be able to do a better job - any printer can only print what you send to it :-) HTH -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== To volunteer to do a lookup or to exchange lookups, go here: http://www.RAOGK.org ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Tollefson" <mamat@gvtel.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 5:16 AM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] RE: printing photos > Barry, > > Lance & Courtney, also suggested I try scanning them in on color and also printing > them set on color! Sounds nuts, but it worked very well! > > I am gonna try your suggestion, too > > Thanks, MUCH!! > > PAX > NancyT It does work well. I was told about this at my neighborhood Kinko's (do it yourself print shop). But one other tip is that if they are sepia (brownish) toned, use the B&W setting, not color, because the contrast is better. May not work with all scanners, but it sure has worked well when I've tried it. Sharyn

Sharyn, I sure didn't know that about the sepia-toned ones.... I don't run into very many of those sepia-toned ones, but I will print it out and keep it, too. thanks! NancyT > Barry, > > Lance & Courtney, also suggested I try scanning them in on color and also printing > them set on color! Sounds nuts, but it worked very well! > > I am gonna try your suggestion, too > > Thanks, MUCH!! > > PAX > NancyT It does work well. I was told about this at my neighborhood Kinko's (do it yourself print shop). But one other tip is that if they are sepia (brownish) toned, use the B&W setting, not color, because the contrast is better. May not work with all scanners, but it sure has worked well when I've tried it. Sharyn ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== To leave the list, click here and send: mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe To leave the DIGEST, click here and send: mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx