How do I know what scanning resolution to use for the best results?

• Here are some recommended settings for different types of scans. If you want to manually adjust your scan, try the following settings:
  1. Viewing on screen or the Web: 72 to 96 dpi
  2. Sending and viewing on e-mail: 96 to 150 dpi
  3. Printing:
  
  If you are enlarging your image, you must manually increase the resolution (dpi) proportionally to maintain the resolution of your original.
  
  Here are some recommended settings for different types of scans.

  Image type	Recommended Image Type	Scanning Resolution for Printing
  Photograph	Color Photo	300 dpi
  Small photograph to be enlarged	Color Photo	300 dpi to 4800 dpi
  Magazine	Color Photo	300 dpi
  Newspaper (text only)	Text (Background Removal)	400 dpi
  Text for OCR	Text (Background Removal)	400 dpi
  Text with images	Color Document	400 dpi
  Line art	Line art	300 to 4800 dpi
  35 mm film (negative)	TPU: Color Neg. Film	300 to 4800 dpi
  	TPU: Monochrome Neg. Film	300 to 4800 dpi
  35 mm slide	TPU: Pos. Film	300 to 4800 dpi
  4 x 5 negative	TPU: Color Neg. Film	300 to 4800 dpi
  	TPU: Monochrome Neg. Film	300 to 4800 dpi
  4 x 5 Transparency	TPU: Pos. Film	300 to 4800 dpi

  1. If your final file is for on-screen viewing (for example, on a web page or in an e-mail message), select 72 dpi for your resolution.
  
  2. If you are enlarging your image, you must manually increase the resolution (dpi) proportionally to maintain the resolution of your original.