Agreed, but in the more general sense that your pics will only be as good as your weakest link. Now, if you don't *have* a weakest link (I have a 1200 dpi scanner and a 1400 dpi printer, neither of which is very expensive and both of which are very good) and you want to produce a very high quality print, what settings do you use? Echoing someone else's point, when talking of dpi, it is only the optical numbers that count, not the interpolation ones. Beware of sales hype!! Date forwarded: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 23:57:54 -0700 From: TheHobbyBarn@aol.com Date sent: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 01:57:51 EST Subject: Re: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Methods for scanning and storing photos. To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com Send reply to: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com > Just wanted to put my 2¢ in on this topic. > What I have failed to see anyone point out so far is, that it don't > really matter what dpi you scan a photo at, when you goto print it out > it will only be at the dpi your printer is able to print at. For > example, you can scan a photo at 1200 dpi, if your printer will only > print at 300 dpi then that is all you are going to get out of that > photo. Your quality of a photo is in your printer not your scanner. > Now, this only pertains to if your printing the photo not storing it > on disk to view on screen or web site. > > Join Now! > Subscribe: KYHeritageFolklore-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Terry Thacker > > I look at doing genealogy as writing OUR own family Bible. Our > ancestors are the things that have came to pass, and our descendants > are the ones to fulfill it. > > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact the Vintage-Photos -List Mom > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net Use Kathleen as the subject line for > your post To learn more about my world visit > http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >