This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=____1110496814295_5OE0r?rqgo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Garry, what do you mean by "difficult to read?" If I had more specifics I might be able to make some suggestions. Are the images color or are they just 2 tone b&w? Suggest posting them to your website and giving us the URL so we can view them. I tend to agree with Kraig's response except when it comes to printing. He's correct when he says there are only so many pixels in a photo. If the resolution of the photo is too low, zooming in (cropping) and blowing up a small piece of the image will just make it worse because you'll bring each individual pixel "closer", and you'll get choppy edges. When nice folks send me photos that they have scanned at a low resolution, I kindly ask them to rescan at 300dpi and at least a 5x7 size. I've got 2 'middle of the road" color printers that can do one heck of a good job on photos, whether they are of people or documents, anywhere in size from 4x6 to 8x10, as long as the digital image is in the 300dpi range, the size of the image is adequate, and the type of paper is correct for photo printing. If the total size of the image is only 1 megapixel or less, there is little you can do with it as far as printing, especially when it needs resizing. Again I agree with Kraig that printing your own photos is probably more expensive overall but you have more control over the output in my opinion. Dennis > > From: [email protected] > Date: 2005/03/10 Thu PM 03:00:00 CST > To: [email protected] > Subject: SCANNERS-PHOTOS-D Digest V05 #10 > > ------=____1110496814295_5OE0r?rqgo Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary=----------------------------; name="reply" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="reply" LS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tDQoNCkNvbnRlbnQtVHlwZTogdGV4dC9w bGFpbg0KDQpTQ0FOTkVSUy1QSE9UT1MtRCBEaWdlc3QJCQkJVm9sdW1lIDA1IDogSXNzdWUg MTANCg0KVG9kYXkncyBUb3BpY3M6DQogICMxIERpZ2l0YWwgcGhvdG9zICAgICAgICAgICAg ICAgICAgICAgICBbIkdhcnJ5IEYgQmVsbCIgPGdhenphQHdvb3NoLmNvLm56Pl0NCiAgIzIg UmU6IFtTUF0gRGlnaXRhbCBwaG90b3MgICAgICAgICAgICAgIFtLcmFpZyBKb25lcyA8a3Jh aWdqb25lczIwMDBAeWFob28uXQ0KDQpBZG1pbmlzdHJpdmlhOg0KVG8gdW5zdWJzY3JpYmUg ZnJvbSBTQ0FOTkVSUy1QSE9UT1MtRCwgc2VuZCBhIG1lc3NhZ2UgdG8NCg0KICAgICAgICBT Q0FOTkVSUy1QSE9UT1MtRC1yZXF1ZXN0QHRlY2gucm9vdHN3ZWIuY29tDQoNCnRoYXQgY29u 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