don't scan in color....scan in Greyscale! Color doesn't do well with neural colors all the time...and B&W only wants lines that are solid period. Greyscale is the happy medium.

It actually scanned fuzzy, like it wasn't in the scanner's plane of focus, thus why I wondered if removing the drawing from the pad might help as then it would sit more on the glass. It might also be time to clean the scanning surface. Thanks for the tip though.

Most drawing pads only lift the paper near the bound edge, whether it be glued or spiraled. So to scan fuzzy, then yes it has to be dirty glass, OR the CCD on the scanning arm inside is either bad, or knocked out of alignment. Either way, those last two, mean new scanner.

I myself have plenty of practice with the damn things...bleh. I have an OLD scsi based microtek Scanmaker II scanner (http://support.microtek.com/product_dtl_2.phtml?prod_id=99), a usb based Artec e+48u, and 2 REALLY old handheld scanners by Logitech Scanman 256 and color (talking Pentium 1 old), and 2 all in one office units, one by lexmark and one by epson. Plus I have to install page scanners at Morgan Stanley offices for IBM, which is no joy! Cause those things use enterprise based scanning software and if they aren't done right, you can be there for 3 hours just trying to install one item that should have only taken 45 minutes. not to mention the networked scanners built into the copiers these days.

So yeah, if you draw something, on any medium, and an get it onto the glass. Then use Greyscale scanning to digitize the lines or Ink them if you will. Or if you wish to change the colors of say a photograph, or image in general. If you've already colored it, then choose a DPI between 300-600 and just walkaway while it scans. Ensures the detail in a slower pass, as compared to a faster pass at a lower DPI.B&W is mainly good for document scanning, OCR, scanning faxes, x-rays, or anything with solid, crisp lines to it's edges.

Fortunately it was merely a setting that I had to set to rights and it worked as it should. I was wondering why I was seeing it crisply in the preview, but it scanned blurry. I just loaded new software for it last month (old software died) so I'm still getting a feel for it, even though it's the same company.

I'm currently using an Epson Perfection 4990 and have had it for coming seven years this Summer. Love the thing to death, it scans my flat artwork as well as my slides and film. I always scan with at least 300dpi and it's good to hear some of my thoughts echoed. Thanks for the advise!