Should a scanned image under Linux and Windows look similiar?

[Larry Cook]

Thanks for your responses.

> I am a naive novice when it comes to scanners and images,

...which was my problem.  When I turned off the "RGB Defaults" so that they 
could be adjusted, the "Autoadjust" feature worked very well.

> http://www.totalnetnh.net/~lamb/scan_linux.jpg

http://www.totalnetnh.net/~lamb/scan_linux2.jpg

Thanks,
Larry