Scanning Pictures...

[Wing Nut]

For those of us who have yet to enter the current century and still have to get a digital camera, could someone fill me in on what resolution we all scan at?  I usually scan pics at 1200 dpi, to ensure a good quality, but I think this may be a bit excessive.

Anyone else?

[Skittles]

My scanner only goes up to 600dpi and I've been happy with that.

[Politically Incorrect]

I bought a scanner (flatbed) and rarely use it, it scans great but the software it runs on sucks and is time consuming.

But to your question I have "presets" for photos, text, etc.
And usally scan a photo at the default scan rate which is 1200dpi, I have tried it lower and found that there really isn't that much differance except for the fact that some of the originals flaws aren't as apparent.

[Gixer]

Well if you got a scanner just scan at the best it can do to ensure you get a real nice image!

Of course this is useless if your printer cant print at 1200dpi but if it can I would scan at that too  ;D