-I've noticed what you mentioned, Shelley. The combination of print and paper of some books cause them to scan much worse than other books -- and it isn't just old ones. Based on the books I've noticed it with, I think it might be the kind of font and/or size the books uses and the paper. I doesn't matter whether I use gray scale or black-and-white or how hard I hold the book down -- and it's not the size of the book,either, because the one I'm thinking of is small and not hard to hold down firmly. Cindy __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail