Vista - Photo Gallery Scanning Issues

How do I get the built-in scan component of Photo Gallery to scan at a higher
resolution?

When I first used it to scan a photo, the default was for a JPG file at 300
dpi, with an option to increase to 600 dpi. Now it will not increase above
300 dpi resolution at all and the set/reset default dialog gives me no
options for resolution. This is bad in general because in XP with my Dell
AIO940 scanner, I could get images huge and finely detailed (above 2400 dpi),
and then edit them to save file space. Despite numerous installs of the Dell
software, Vista overrides and doesn't even show me the Dell AOI940 operations
center with the scan feature. How could Microsoft overlook such an obvious
potentiality/incompatibility? This is really a huge limiting problem. Any
assistance helpful. Thank you.

I have an HP Officejet 6100. The settings in WPG allow me to go up to 2400
dpi.

If you go to Start - Control Panel - Scanners & Cameras
check the Properties for your scanner. Mine says optical resolution
2400x2400 DPI.
Maybe you need to update your driver?



"GregoryNelson" <gregory.nelson@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> How do I get the built-in scan component of Photo Gallery to scan at a
> higher
> resolution?
>
> When I first used it to scan a photo, the default was for a JPG file at
> 300
> dpi, with an option to increase to 600 dpi. Now it will not increase above
> 300 dpi resolution at all and the set/reset default dialog gives me no
> options for resolution. This is bad in general because in XP with my Dell
> AIO940 scanner, I could get images huge and finely detailed (above 2400
> dpi),
> and then edit them to save file space. Despite numerous installs of the
> Dell
> software, Vista overrides and doesn't even show me the Dell AOI940
> operations
> center with the scan feature. How could Microsoft overlook such an obvious
> potentiality/incompatibility? This is really a huge limiting problem. Any
> assistance helpful. Thank you.