Sometimes these larger albums need to be scanned on "large format" scanners with the ability to accommodate up to 11"x17" originals. If you cannot locate one in your area, check with Family History Libraries which may have just such equipment provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--and the equipment is free to use. Be sure to go through each page of your album before scanning and make note of which articles or items need to be scanned at a higher resolution than the 300dpi used to capture an image of the entire page. If there are small newspaper clippings you would like to see printed in a family history, for instance, decide how large you will be printing the clipping. Maybe you would like it to be printed three times the original's size so that you can clearly see the writing. In that case, scan it at 3x300dpi or 900dpi (which usually doesn't exist as a setting on scanners). So change the dpi to the next higher number in the scanner's list of choices...usually 1200dpi. Set the cropping tool of the scanner around the little clipping and scan at the higher resolution. That gives you an awesome digital item to use and print as a yellowed version or converted to a black and white copy. If you have ever downloaded a newspaper article from the internet and it's very blurry, there's not much that can be done because it wasn't scanned correctly. Now you know!!! And all your scans will be great for others to read!!!
