Beloved has decided that she wants to buy me a scanner for Christmas and, wise girl, has decided to tell me first so that she doesn't buy the wrong thing. However, while I perhaps know a little more than her, I don't know a great deal. I have just spent an hour looking at a search here and can't find an answer to my questions. My useage would be the occasional document (which I assume any modern scanner will do adequetly) and Photographs (colour prints). Now what do I need ? What advantage is Negative scanning to me. I have no need for slide scanning due to the absence of slides

does gloss or matt print make any difference?
I welcome any input