Yeoman wrote: > Can anyone suggest an appropriate resolution for scanning old > documents? They are from around the 1850s and are written in slightly- > faded quill pen. I want to preserve as much of the detail as possible > without the scans taking up a huge amount of space. Is there a happy > medium between quality and size? > See: Saving Our Digital Heritage Jim Barksdale and Francine Berman, A15 (Post) 05/16/2007 Article ...care millions of printed works, some on stone or animal skin that have survived for centuries. The challenges underlying digital preservation led Congress in 2000 to appropriate $100 million for the Library of Congress to lead the National Digital Information... > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/15/AR2007051501873.html Cheryl