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If you want to print the scanned photos on a Photo Printer. Use a good
quality Photo Paper.
For making copies of photos, Scan them at 300 dpi in color if Color photos,
scan at 300 dpi and gray scale if a black and white photo. 300 dpi will
"get" all of the usable information contained in a photographic print. To
make same sized prints, print at 300 dpi.
If you want to make a 2X enlargement, scan at 600 dpi and print at 300 dpi.
The 600 dpi scan will not give you more detail, it will just give you the
pixels needed to print at 2X size.
Use a easy to use program such as Irfanview to scan then print. Irfanview
has the print scaling built into the Printer dialog.
Irfanview is a really great program for scanning then printing. PC only, No
Mac.
http://www.irfanview.com
Get the plug-ins also, Irfanview is not complete without the plug-ins.
The best part is Irfanview is free.
If you want to create digital files of the photos just save them when you
scan.
If you want to take the digital files to a photo printer just take TIFF or
high quality .Jpg files. Some photo finishers allow uploading the files via
the Internet. Wal-mart has that service. Send the files and pick up the
photos at the local Wal-mart.
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"Bob Fallona" <bfallona@qwest.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the detailed reply. I should have expanded. The photos are all
> old prints in a photo album and my sister would like a copy. We have no
> negatives just the prints mainly small sizes 2x3, 3x4 and 4x6. There are
> about 4 books and I haven't counted them, but probably a few hundred.
> Kids are grown and now the wife is an ex so no duties at home. Would I
> see any difference between the 1650 and 2480 or is it a matter of the
> extras that would just be nicer and easier to use on the 2480?
> "theo" <hazel_iz@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>> No one scanner can do everything well and rapidly, he said tritely. Are
>> your old family photos mostly 3x5 or 4x6 snapshots processed thru a
>> drugstore dropoff and now warping diagonally? Then shouldn't the question
>> focus on comparing convenience of handling rather quality of imaging? Do
>> you still have most of the negative strips? Altho the 1650 has a 35mm
>> adapter, it is still a question of comparing convenience of handling. Is
>> your intended audience for your archives just all in the family to watch
>> slideshows in 800x600 images on the computer monitor??? Then scanner
>> speed should be a higher priority than the outer limits of dynamic range
>> or depth of bit capture. Do you have other things to do with your life,
>> like look to your wife and children? Then consider using a commercial
>> service for burning the stuff to CD/DVD.
>> Your scanner can do many of these things within a narrow range of
>> performance, but the bundled software may not handle well the multi image
>> batch scan, so is money a higher priority question for you?
>> I'm working on media from 100+ yr old tintypes thru 35mm Kodachrome and
>> 6x6 Agfachrome mounted slides, 127(?) 126(?) SuperSlides, 4x6 and 4x4
>> color and B&W prints, 8x10 enlargements of weddings..... So currently
>> I'm using the Epson 2480 LE for its mini-document feeder and light table
>> for prints, and both M/K Dimage Multi and Kodak's discontinued RFS 3570
>> for 35mm and 120 pos and negs, and hacking on redundant masks to hold the
>> odd size formats. I've burned up and thrown out several HP, Umax, and
>> Canon $80 -130 price range flatbeds and PrimeFilm xx00 film scanners.
>> The 2480LE's settop print feeder is wonderful for batching stacks of same
>> size drugstore prints; answers my rather modest expectations. Many other
>> possible combinations of pricepoints by expectations by workflow by
>> equipment.
>> Regards,
>> Theo Crow
>>
>>
>>> I have this Epson scanner and need to scan a bunch of old family photos.
>>> Will some of the newer scanners make any difference in quality or would
>>> it be a waste of money? Thanks for any help or suggestions.
>>>
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