I have never tried to scan or print a Force document, so with in mind.....The type of scanner for this is not critical. All would be capable producing your desired results. The weak end of this link in the printer, and as long as you have a printer with those capabilities, you're ok. You can get scanners from 300dpi up to 4800dpi optical, and over 20,000dpi interpolated. Just be sure and get one with a CCD sensor and not CIS. The CCD can scan 3D objects if the need ever arises. (They have a MUCH greater depth of field). Just be sure to scan in color, even for a mono or b & w documents. This gives you better quality and detail for line art, schematics, etc. Then you decrease the color depth and save in a size saving image format if you want to save the scanned image. -Clint God Bless Us All & Happy New Year Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com http://ComputerHardware-ConsumerElectronics.com sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: 209-882-9602 TechAssist Administration http://tech-assist.org techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 4orpheus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (alternates) orpheuscomputing@xxxxxxxxx (PLEASE include our previous correspondence if replying to this email!!) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gauthier TV" <gauthiertv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 10:32 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Scanners Hello everyone, I am looking to purchase a scanner that will be capable of reproducing a dense (fine line) schematic, such as when you print out a schematic from the force program. I find i must use the super fine setting (1440) on my epson 800 to get a print that is readable, using an optivsor #7 lenses you can read the tiny schematic that prints out. Specs. on scanners are 600dpi, 1200dpi. Has anyone tried tried this with a printed schematic from force and what type of scanner did it work on.? Maybe i could mail out a print and someone could send back a scan for evaluation. Mike Gauthier Gauthier TV 44 Elm St. Amesbury Ma 01913 978 388 2213 413 425 6490 fax mailto:gauthiertv@xxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------ Help make your TechAssist database better! Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips ------------------------------------------ To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the SUBJECT field to the address above. ------------------------------------------ Help make your TechAssist database better! Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips ------------------------------------------ To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the SUBJECT field to the address above.