............on flatbeds -- scans generally take a couple of days to complete --( you can do the laundry -- go to work - visit Cleveland --and still have time to watch your favorite DVD movies and take out the garbage before it finishes ) -- of course your computer may blow up from the strain ----( you then have a giant paperweight )--then you've got a HUGE file that sucks the life out of your computer --- you then take that gigantic file and knock it down to 300dpi to print your fuzzy old wedding photo.......you should have the whole batch done by Christmas ( not this one -- try 2008 ) ....