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Most customers who simply want to digitalise their family slide collection, opt for the 2000 dpi scan. Professionals and serious amateurs tend to opt for 4000 dpi. Everyone else falls in the middle at 3000 dpi. If you want to view images on a PC or a DVD and want to print up to a 6X9, a resolution of 2000 dpi is ideal. If you would like to be able to print 8X10 or cut certain portions of the photo for printing, then 3000 dpi is a good option. If you simply want the best possible resolution for your photos, chose a 4000 dpi scan.

For additional information about scanning resolution for 35mm slides, please see the tables below.

Scanning Resolution	Megapixel	Images per CD JPEG (aprox.)	Images per CD TIFF	Images per Data DVD JPEG (aprox.)	Images per Data DVD TIFF
2000 dpi	4.6	216	46	1500	321
3000 dpi	9.2	72	21	672	145
4000 dpi	18.5	43	12	375	83

Scanning Resolution	Image size in pixels	JPEG image size in MB	TIFF image size in MB	Max. Print size in inches Long size at 300 dpi	Max. Print size inches Long size at 300 dpi
2000 dpi	1740X2660	3.0	14.0	6	9
3000 dpi	2625X3900	6.7	31.0	9	13
4000 dpi	3500X5200	12.0	54.0	11	17

NOTE: all figures are approximates - actual exact details will depend on the images.