Scan at 300. For a 4x5in sized final image 300 is more than plenty.
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I have picasa and I don’t have gmail.
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Ugh. I think when I first got Picasa about 2 years ago you needed to have a gmail account to get it. Sounds like they’ve loosened the strings. 
Glad to hear the OP is seeing some progress now.