Hi Dede I agree with the comments already posted. But since sometimes we don't live in an ideal world, I have had passable results from scanning a printed image at a really high resolution so that I can do some image correcting or color balancing in photoshop and then reduce the resolution to make a more reasonable file size. Sometimes the unsharp filter helps, depending on the quality of the printed image. My scanner has a backlight correction setting but putting black behind the image also helps. And, of course, use the descreening filter when you scan. Good luck! Lynne Lynne Rudié Graphic Design 413.863.9406 413.834.0889 (c) lynnerudie at verizon.net