I often scan photos from a newspaper (usually recipes - then make my own version).
Straight scanning will show the dots, if I scan the picture at a 45 degree angle, there is much less of those dot/stripes :-)
I use a Canon MG7150 all-in-one printer and scan into PaintShop Pro
It's not a cure-all but an improvement, the rest is up to the image editor.
I don't edit photos in Xara very often, PSP is a lot easier.
:-)
Joëlle
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