How to scan negs for simple 4x6 quick lab prints

[www.wesleyalmond.com]

I now own a simnple flatbed scanner with backlit neg scanning options.

What should I know (dpi, color bits etc) and what formats do most labs

need? I want the best picture I can get from low end one hour photo labs

 

Thanks -wes

[coconutdaydream]

high quality jpeg's would work<br>

but if you're getting drug-store prints<br>

you'll get drug-store quality, just a thought

[freehueco]

If your monitor is properly color balanced, your prints should come out fine. Assuming your lab uses a Frontier: 300 DPI (1800x1200 for a 4x6), 8 bit, jpeg...

 

Also, if the lab has an Aladdin machine, don't use it. The prints will come out better if they are printed on the Frontier.

[scott ream]

I've found that the images from the Fuji Frontier at the wal-mart look exactly the same as they do on the screen. I usually scan at high res (4800 dpi), do any color corrections, then crop to the EXACT size@300dpi. If you don't crop to the size you wan't (4x6, 5x7, 8x10) it will, I believe, crop from the center of the image.

 

Scott