GrahamM
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Under another topic Ray Walton asked about what dpi to scan to. Well,
I don't profess to be an expert on this topic but I do know that a PC monitor can only display at about 72 dpi, which means there is no point scanning at a greater resolution than that for viewing on screen, ie, for web work. However, if you intend to print off the scanned images then you need to scan at about 300 dpi. But as I said, I'm no expert on this topic, so if there is anyone out there who can elaborate on or clarify anything about this topic I'm sure it will be gratefully received by many of us who are not too sure what the exact answers are.
I don't profess to be an expert on this topic but I do know that a PC monitor can only display at about 72 dpi, which means there is no point scanning at a greater resolution than that for viewing on screen, ie, for web work. However, if you intend to print off the scanned images then you need to scan at about 300 dpi. But as I said, I'm no expert on this topic, so if there is anyone out there who can elaborate on or clarify anything about this topic I'm sure it will be gratefully received by many of us who are not too sure what the exact answers are.