Digital BW, The Print

Austin, I just did a comparison test as you suggested.
A 6x8 conventional b&w print was scanned on the Umax Mirage II at 300 dpi, then printed same size with no manipualtion in PS.  Same image was then scanned at 700dpi(native) and printed same size, no manipulation. The 700 dpi is slightly better.  It's not a day & night difference, but there is a difference. Oh, I also scanned the same image at 1400 dpi to see if that made a difference, the 700dpi still looked better. If I wasn't placing these prints side by side, any one looked good, but the 700dpi, showed a few subtle differences in just "holding together"
Thanks for the advice.
Does every scanner have a native resolution that it works best at??
David