Photo Requirements

· All files must be jpegs.

· The best quality photo is a digital original, a jpeg file downloaded directly from a camera, smartphone, or online gallery.

· Scans or digital originals must be at least 200 dpi resolution.

· Photo prints should be at least 3 x 4 inches on scan bed.

The following methods will NOT produce a quality photo:

· Scanning a photo that is laminated or in a frame.

· Using a smartphone or camera to take a photo of the photo.

· Scanning a photo that was already printed on regular paper, such as from a yearbook, newspaper, journal, or a color copy of the hardcopy.

IMPORTANT: Photos that already have dark tones will be even darker after printing on gray newsprint.

If the quality of a submitted photo is too poor to reproduce in the newspaper, we will make an effort to contact the customer. If the customer is unable to furnish a higher-quality photo, we reserve the right to run the obituary without the photo. The customer will be refunded for associated photo cost.