Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting thought on the cables Don. I don't think that they are a problem but...The cable is a six foot Belkin parallel cable. My other option is I have a six foot USB to parallel cable that I could use. I think I tried that a few weeks ago and still had the problem, but I'll swap them out and see. Any recommendation on where to get heavily shielded or grounded cables? In trying to think what might cause noise in the cable the only thing near it that has been there all along is the surge protector strip that came with the Gateway...It has eight electrical devices plugged into it at the moment, including a Palm cradle, Computer Monitor, Computer, Speakers, Nikon Scanner, the color Epson 3000, an old HP Laser Jet printer, and a quartz drafting light. Might be an idea to replace the surge protector with a good batter back up/surge protector system and try to keep the printer cable away from it (hard to do since everything is at the back of the PC)... Thanks for the thought...I'll work on it. DJ - --- Don Dory <dorysrus@mindspring.com> wrote: > Darrell, after talking to a tech for the Frontier's, > and assuming that there > really is no grain in the scan which there should > not be on Kodachrome then > it is conceivable that noise is entering the picture > via the cables > connecting the computer to the printer. It is > unlikely with the short > cabling common to home environments but the Frontier > use special cables and > grounding to prevent noise in the system. In the > Frontier system the > printer may be many feet from the scanning section. > > I would try another set of cables to the printer and > also some of those > ferrules that goes around the cables to prevent > noise. > > I also confirmed the 5000 dpi for the scanner, but > that is the full width > which 35mm doesn't cover. Also that is 5000R, > 5000G, and 5000B from a > stationary source as the film is pulled past the > CCD's. > > Hope something here helps. > > Oh, try taking a CD of the scan to someplace that > can print a JPG which > should be anyplace with a Kodak Picture Maker or a > Fuji Aladdin and see if > an 8X10 has any noise. That will confirm the > quality of the scan. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html