PhotoShop CS3 for Screen Printers

Chapter 14

Acquiring FilesAcquiring Files

from Scannersfrom Scanners

Scanning files seems like an easy task; just place some artwork on the

scanner and press the scan button. In reality, it isn’t quite that simple. To

get the most out of your scanner, you’ll need to calibrate it properly, ver-

ify that white is really white and black is really black, and understand the

file formats, resolutions, and scan settings, as well as the drawbacks of

using scanners to acquire files versus other types of file acquisition.

I begin the chapter with some scanner terminology. Following that,

we go through the steps for calibrating and setting up the scanner. You’ll ...