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With proper calibration you can be assured that your scans will have more accurate colors. It also allows for a baseline for all of your images which is very important for consistency which is why calibration is something we strongly encourage you to do if you can. If you’re unable to, we might… text/html 2025-08-25T20:23:11+00:00 jonasrosland (jonasrosland@undisclosed.example.com) https://scanning.guide/scanning-standards?rev=1756153391&do=diff Flatbed Archival Scanning Standards Note: These standards are for flatbed scanners. For ADF Scanners a separate section is located here. DPI Arguably the most important part of scanning is getting a high enough level of DPI. For true archival scans you want to get 1200DPI if at all possible. 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