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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Antique_Plan942 on 2025-04-01 15:37:51.

Scanning family letters from the 1940s with Epson v600

I inherited love letters from my grandparents, and plan to scan and catalog into a "story", including envelopes. I also have lots of handwritten recipes that I'll be scanning as well.

I purchased an archival box for after they are opened and scanned, and I have a plan for file naming (Month_Day_Year_Author first name_0000)

Before diving in, I'm hoping for a bit of input.

I have an Epson v600 and plan to use Silverfast 9 SE. I am very new to both, as I have yet to begin an intended film scanning project (very overwhelming).

Is my best option to start at 600ppi and using TIFF format? I'm having trouble figure out the initial setup in Silverfast. Can I scan multiple pages as one file? What bit do I use?

This is my first of many archival projects, I have thousands of slides, negatives and photographs to scan as well. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!!!!

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