OK Charles Then I would need to see a sample of the documents to properly understand your predicament. I use a Sony 828 camera and my 4490 Epson Scanner is better to get very good results but I still may not be looking for the kind of quality you desire. Regards Eric On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 17:12 -0500, Charles MacDonald wrote: > Eric Brackenbury wrote: > > > > > Hi Charles > > It would be much better to use a scanner like the Epson 4490 if you can. > > THe Epson I have does make a scan, at 1200 DPI. what would the newer > one buy me? > > > Failing that a good digital camera and tripod set with the camera inside > > the legs facing down and square to an appropriate surface. > > Without a repro lens and a 10 megapixel or better camera, I suspect I > get better with teh scanner, but I don't know how to get past that > without everything trying to resample all the time. (giving antiallis > artifacts that blurr the writing) > > > > > A resolution of at least 300 will then produce satisfactory files to > > save and print in any format you want (Gimp is perfect). > > the 1200 from the Scaner is just barly adiquate for the small writing. >