Matte or Glossy: Which scans better?

[icevideot 0]

I have always gotten glossy prints because I think they look better most of the time but I was wondering if there is any benefit to matte when it comes to high quality scans. It may even be worse for all I know because of the texture. What do you "pros" think?
I use an Epson Perfection 2400 Photo to scan and it does a great job.

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[quade 4]

I think glossy is better for scans if you're making them from prints, but the best scans are going to come from either the negatives or slides on a high quality film scanner.

Nikon makes good ones suitable for most of us.

http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=98

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[GraficO 0]

Quade is correct... glossy is much better to scan than matte.

Think about it this... the matte finish is a texture right? So the scan light of a flat bed scanner should be comming from one direction right? OK... there is a split second that you get shadowing in the texture as well as a highlight. Therefore you are scanning reflections and shadows as well as the actual image...distorting the image with more information than you really want.

So the scanner is high enough quality... it will pick up the texture of a matte print.

Go glossy or go digital and save a step.

GraficO

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[AndyMan 7]

I use cheap scanners... so I've got a different story. I've found that the shine inherient in glossy pics can be a problem, so I've had much better results with Matte. The shine or the gloss reflects back and blurs the image.

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[kallend 2,150]

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I have always gotten glossy prints because I think they look better most of the time but I was wondering if there is any benefit to matte when it comes to high quality scans. It may even be worse for all I know because of the texture. What do you "pros" think?
I use an Epson Perfection 2400 Photo to scan and it does a great job.

I've had problems with textured prints - the texture pattern and the scanner pixel pattern interfere with each other to produce annoying artifacts ("Moire fringes"). Never had a problem with glossy.

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