i have scanned to my computer some black and white photos but when i print them they are to dark what can i do

Answer 1

You can rescan the pictures and manually set the scanner settings to make a lighter scan. Not being familiar with the particulars of your scanner... I can't elaborate, but more than likely, your scanner software has the ability.

Another method would be to lighten the picture with the picture editing software that came with your scanner.

If you want an easy picture editor, try downloading Google's free Picasa software. It has simple slidebar adjustments for brightness, highlights & contrast.

Lastly... make sure that you are scanning and printing in grayscale. Many scanners will scan black & white photos as if they are color pictures. This setting adds a lot of excess file information to your picture and creates a larger file size than necessary to store a B&W image.

The same is true with printing... Your printer will use all three (or more) colors of ink to create shades of black and gray to reproduce a B&W image. When printing, check the preference settings of your printer and set it to print in grayscale (which will use only black ink) to create the image. THIS ALONE MIGHT SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM.

Answer 2

Increase the dap while scanning.