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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Livingwell · 61-69, M

Your scanner/printer, if a newer one, should be able to scan a picture quite nicely. Mine is 10yrs old and the picture look great. Make sure the settings are correct - color, 300 DPI or better, lid sits flat and tight ( I used a book), manually set the file name. ( all scanner pictures use a common name). Once scanned, you can use an editing program like photoshop elements to sharpen, repair, etc your pictures.