Physical pictures

Hi everyone! I have probably 300 to 400 physical pictures of many different sizes from when my family members passed away.
I would like to digitalize these to preserve them but I am not sure that if I scan them with my regular printer if it will be the highest quality or save in the correct format.
Can anyone help shed some light?

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ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

Check your printer/scanner for the dpi setting. 300 to 600 dpi would be best. I'd save them as plain JPGs since they seem to be pretty universal. And make back-up copies of the files.