Duane - check out this screen shot of my scan to PNG: http://tinyurl.com/7vy7574 . It shows that it is 351 Kb, 1024 x 813 pixels.
You or I can easily manipulate this into an image that prints properly on 81/2 x 11.
If we can scan a color image that fits nicely into an 81/2 X 11 page, and looks OK, what else do we need to be concerned about? I am just learning here.