[oneeyedhobbit]

My girlfriends mom asked me to scan in some old photos for reprinting/resizing. I've got an HP 2410 all-in-one, and I'm having a devil of a time getting the scanner to scan colors right. I'm just using the default HP program to scan. The preview looks fine, but when I actually scan it in the colors are terrible--skin tones are blueish purple, a blue striped shirt has become red, etc. I made sure to check that color inversion isn't checked, and it isn't--but for the life of me I can't get the colors to come out correct. Anyone have any pointers?

 

[oneeyedhobbit]

Ok, I've been able to alleviate the problem by turning off the "Scan at maximum pixel depth" option (i.e. my colors are once again normal). But is there no way I can keep this option? I mean, I realize I'm being anal, but I'd like to eke out every last bit of quality possible.

Forgive me if this all sounds terribly stupid, I don't do much photo scanning.