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Hi, I'm wondering if anyone could help me out. I'm wondering when buying a colour flatbed scanner, what would be the MINimum dpi resolution that would give very good results. I have seen a new HP flatbed that has a dpi of 600 and enhanced resolution of 2400. As I understand for colour scans I would have a MAX scanning dpi of 600, as 2400 is only for black and white line work. I would like to know what some of you are using as a scanner, for scanner materials. — I find the gif image files that were scanned from magazines, like sports illustrated are amazing compared to the actual original, what type of scanner would do this ??? would a 600 dpi machine such as HP be capable of doing this ?? Thanks very much to anyone who can answer this. P.S. right now I'm using a 200 dpi colour HAND HELD scanner, and don't see how going up a 100 dpi to a 300 dpi FLATBED scanner would really be any great improvement, — or is this the wrong way of thinking ? thanks in advance to any and everyone who gives me some info! Mark Schneider