Aha and thanks - a rational explanation. I usually scan negatives, occasionally old slides, and never prints. I have only seen the fringing on slides. My machine is old (an S10), but I do not intend to upgrade until a significantly faster scanner appears. The S10 is good enough for my non-critical needs. See http://clive.moss.net/ProvenceHome.htm for a collection that was all scnned on the S10 using Vuescan and batch fixed with ThumbsPlus -- I was too lazt too hand tweak all the images! -- clive moss
--- Arthur Entlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The reason this process is supposed to fix it is that the top and > bottom > portions of the scanner mechanism get out of synch and this process > (including the cycling through the setting) realigns them. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body