Hi Amber, You might try playing with the resolution and threshhold settings. Sometimes the optimize feature I think favors the lower settings for some reason. I generally find that punctuation in paperbacks comes out a bit better on 400 dpi than 300, which is almost always what the optimize feature determines. Let me know if you are still having trouble, Jake ----- Original Message ----- From: Amber Wallenstein To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 1:46 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] kurzie question I'm trying to scan a paperback with kurzie, and have used the Optimize feature but I'm still getting very bad confidence levels. Any tips? Amber ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 2/17/2006