Scanning double-sided pages – how to avoid see-through effect? [text image] [backside]

Q: I just scanned a bunch of black and white text / image pages from a textbook and now each image, I can see through to the page at the back. It is light, but still clearly visible. Is there a way I can fix this in the images using Photoshop, and how can I prevent that happening again in the future?


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Re:Thanks for the replies everyone.

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Re:Originally posted by: guy
Scan with a dark piece of construction paper on the back of the page you are scanning. I have had that help.

In Photoshop, you should be able to sample the color of the unwanted text and remove all of that color from the image I think.

Just what I was thinking.


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Re:Scan with a dark piece of construction paper on the back of the page you are scanning. I have had that help.

In Photoshop, you should be able to sample the color of the unwanted text and remove all of that color from the image I think.


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Re:The OCR approach is the way to go. However, if you are using imaged copies to print, why not do it the easy way and Xerox the pages?

If you are not doing OCR, scanning doesn't bring a lot to the party. But – you can decrease the photosensitivity, like on a copier when you go darker to lighter.


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Re:Lower the grayscale sensitivity and rescan or use an OCR to rescue the text and merge images into the rescued text.

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