Amber, Try Grayscale, and 400 dpi, with despeckle on. If that doesn't work then it is indeed a lost cause, smile. And i have had those. I found optomizing just didn't work well on aged, or yellowed copies. I can see if WMU, has a copy of if we can interlibrary it. Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Advisory Council www.guidedogs.com The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. -- Vance Havner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amber Wallenstein" <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 12:16 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] scanning request Hi all: It just seems I can't scan the old books, even with my optamize setting turned on... Would anyone like or could anyone scan Katherine by Anya Seton? For some reason I can't get it to scan well. I will validate in any condition. thanks. Amber