Hate to turn this into a scanner post, but[:I]. I have an HP scanner and all my pictures are from it. I use a 300dpi setting, crop to just around the pen, and then use the resize to bring it to the size needed for this site. Alot of my scans have to be reduced to 15% of original. I also let the lid open and this helps reduce light reflection. The background will be black.
Just a couple hints.
Rich