How to use epson perfection 3200 scanner

#How to use epson perfection 3200 scanner plus

I think this is about as good as it will get. I won't bore you with all the empirical scans I did to figure out the focus point but here is the one at 1.33mm above I then scanned it to figure out if the focus point was above or below the 1.00mm point. I then placed one edge of the sting gauge on the glass and put the other end at 1.50mm above the glass so it is angled up and past 1mm in height. So the focus is off in transparency mode.

#How to use epson perfection 3200 scanner plus

I used the 0.80mm plus the 0.20mm gauges to place the string gauge on the platen at 1.00mm I used a new set of gauges that were very oily so I separated them and washed them using Dawn dish soap to keep oil off the platen. In theory it should be as sharp as the flatbed scan. I decided to use precision feeler gauges to put the steel string action gauge at 1mm above the glass and then scan it. I did some research and found that the Epson film holders are supposed to be 1mm above the platen (correct or not?). So decided to determine exactly how high up off the platen is the focus point for transparency mode. This proves that the Epson 3200 has two focus points - one for flatbed mode and one for transparency mode. The edge marks are not sharp (I know steel is not transparent but there is enough light at the edges to scan).

I then did a scan in transparency mode B&W with the string action ruler lying on the scanner platen glass and got a blurry mess. No complaints with the flatbed mode scan. I scanned it at 3200 DPI to a TFF file & converted it to jpg & reduced for posting here. I did a flatbed scan of my stainless steel guitar string gauge (yeh I also work on guitars ) as it is flat and won't flop around like film does. I have an old 35mm Minolta Dimage Scan Speed SCSI scanner that is a lot sharper. I scanned a couple of 35mm slides with the Epson 3200 but they were not very sharp.

I bought the flatbed to do 120 &127, 617, & 70mm scans - B&W, colour neg & colour slides. It is working fine with VueScan via USB no issues there. It came with the 35mm slide holder but nothing else. I recently bought a used Epson Perfection 3200 scanner for the princely sum of $11 from our local Goodwill.