Thanks Starclaw. It helps a lot, but will the solid
colouring work on Jasc Paint shop Photo album 5?

If you have an Epson, you need to color darkly in order for
the computer to perciev it as a color document. Try using
'Epson Smart Panal' then click 'Scan and Save.' It should
tell you whether or not the color shows up. As for the solid
color, I find that going to Photoshop or Photofiltre and
using 'paint' will give you a solid color. Remember, on
Photoshop, you can only use color if your picture was
scanned in color.

if it helps, the scanner is a Espon stylus DX4000 scanner/printer

Whenever you scan it, hit "Preview" before "scan" and to the
left after you scan it you should see a color choice. HIt
Preview again and It'll come up in color and if you like it
you can scan it and save it