For more general information about the subject, visit Wayne Fulton's ScanTips.com for a superb explanation of everything you need to know about scanning, dpi, resolution and the rest, for printing or screenshow/presentation purposes.
NOTE: The Units Conversion tool included in the FREE RnR PPTools Demo will help you convert measurements into screen pixels - very handy for calculating the optimum scan size for an image.
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