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https://epson.com/For-Home/Scanners/...ction-V600-Pho

Good point. Almost certainly some of his photos will be there only as
printed photos rather than negatives.

maybe. since he mentioned a coolscan, presumably he has negatives and
slides.

The appropriate strategy for his purposed might be to (depending on
the quality desired/possible) to scan from the positives rather than
the negatives.

definitely not.

*always* scan the negative or slide when possible.

scanning a print is *only* a last resort when there's no other option.

This will be faster at least, and the Epson can also do negavtives
pretty well.

it's nowhere near as good as a dedicated negative/slide scanner.