How many times did you optimize? If once, do it again. You may get a range of settings with some books. Also, some books just do better with Grayscale. Is it a new book? Is it massmarket? If it's massmarket, try it in 2-page mode. You might also have a sighted person, or someone with an Optacon check it for margins. ----- Original Message ----- From: solsticesinger To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:30 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question about a paperback I'm trying to scan Hi, all. For the first time since I've had my opticbook 3600, it's giving me trouble with a paperback book. I optimized several times, and these are the settings I got. I'm wondering if anyone can suggest changes that could be made to improve the scan. I'm getting very low competence levels, sometimes 94 and below. Static thresholding is being used. Resolution is 300. Brightness is 42. Speckle removal is disabled. Text quality is draft dot matrix, and recognition engine is finereader 8.1. If anyone has any ideas how to improve this, I would greatly appreciate it. is disabled. Are you a fan of women's music? If so, check out the Eclectic Collection: A Celebration of Women In Music, each Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 eastern. www.radio360.us