firestorm,

Your solution doesn't work for me. When I do an 'adjust levels' in Photoshop or 'Manual Histogram' (whatever name in English) command in PSP, as the photo needs tonal calibration, it becomes visible.

Michelle A.

This is not my issue as I scan in millions of colors and not in 8 or 16 bits. However, I will make a search on 'scanner banding' as you suggested it.

As my information on the scanner seems incomplete, it is a HP ScanJet 3970. This is a flatbed with a slide module. I share your idea it might be faulty. The mirror in the module has some texture that looks like the banding. I tried to clean it with lens cleaner and a photographer cloth to no avail. However, I bought it last summer. For the moment I would prefer waiting before buying a new one.

Miche

Message edited on: 02/16/2005 15:52