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that is what I needed. Thanks a lot. I knew it had to be something simple.

All of a sudden tonight my Epson v700 is cropping the 8x10's I'm scanning. I'm using Silverfast SE. I'm baffled. I've looked at and adjusted some settings and even changed the placement of the...

Here are two more crops. I scanned the same image with my old Microtek Scanmaker i900. Much better looking scan of same negative. The only problem is I have vertical lines. That was the reason I...

Just got betterscanning holder. Haven't tried fine tuning anything until I figure out the issue with the black spots. Here is a cropped portion showing the spots. 72498

no dead pixels. The black spots are there when I move the image around in PS.

sharpening is set to "none" using Silverfast.

Very weird. But, yes it looks like black pepper in the same pattern on each negative. With the exception of two black spots that do look like dust...

I probably should have noted that I'm scanning b&w negatives. Digital Ice is turned off.

They appear in both 48 bit color and 16 bit grayscale

I just started using the V700 tonight and I'm noticing black spots showing up in the same place on multiple negatives. They aren't dust spots from the negatives.

I still cleaned the glass to make...

Thanks for all the replies.

I thought about the 750 and the high res mode. But, unless I'm remembering wrong, I'm capped on the size that I could use with it. Also, I have to ask myself, What am I...

I currently have a Microtek i900. I like the no glass feature. However, I'm having problems with it now with streaks going down my scans. I've tried cleaning and even contacted the company. I would...

I just completed scanning some old black and white family negatives. These were portraits and headshots. I've edited in photoshop and now I'm ready to sharpen before I upload to have 8x10 prints...

I received the following from Microtek today which backs up what has been said previously. Their English is a little rough but at least they got back to me.

My name is David Lee, the technical...

I opened the top and sprayed some air. Knock on wood, that seems to be doing the trick. I appreciate the input.

There is no glass on the Microtek.

I'm using a Microtek i900 to scan black and white negatives. I just noticed a purple line going through the entire scan.

When I first started researching the problem I was thinking it was a...

I'm trying to figure out the best scanning settings for a collection of 4x5 black and white negatives I have.

I'm using a Microtek i900 with the Silverfast Ai software. I'm stumped as to the best...