hi as a new person on this site i got a couple of things to say that might be of help first scan them at the highest resolution you can , it takes time but it helps , most modern scanners have some kind of software that will realy help , scan them a couple of times in different modes , and see which looks the best to you , all scanners have different names for the treatments they do ie greyscale might work great on one scanner or auto contrast on another , or levels on another , the trick is never try to print anything , once you have found a picture that looks great to you and you want a print , stop ! put it on a cd , you can put 700 pictures on a cd , then take your uneducated butt to a camera shop / wall mart or any other superstore supermarket thats around , and give them your cd they will download the cd and show you what the print is going to look like if you like it give them the nod , as for pictures published on this site there are two kinds , modern and old , the modern are real clear and the color is great , then you always have the proud owner cluttering the background , ect ect , great your black prince was the last off the line , but all of the modern clutter around it spoils the picture , other other side is old pictures instermatic / semi pro , both suffer from poor color / fading or weird color wash , a easy fix if you have photoshop i have it and i will only be to happy to fix stuff free