One further point - I, too, use Photo-Paint after something is scanned.
The scanning software itself: mine is PaperPort, made by Visioneer, but
I have a special edition that came with my Hewlett-Packard scanner.  I
suspect it makes the biggest difference.
 
Sylvia in alabama
 
makuabob wrote:
>
> I have to agree with Kevin about the software making a large
> difference in how the scanner seems to perform.
>
> I have a relatively inexpensive color scanner and use it with
> Corel Photo-Paint 7.0+ -- it works quite well but there is an
> important consideration to bear in mind.