Cut the rez on your scanner
to 100 pixels per inch and scan a page. If you can read it then that

is

fine.

If not go up to 150 pixels per inch which is about the max size file
that I can publish  for a 8.5 by 11 page. Send one page at a time to

me as

my

20 gig hard drive will have no problems for years to come. After all I

don't

run bloated windows here :-)>

Paul Lamar

Paul, the resolution on my scanner is calibrated in dpi (dots per inch?)

Is

that similar to pixels? And should I use 100 dpi by default to scan

photos

for email? The default setting is 150 dpi on my AGFA SNAPSCAN 1212u

scanner.

Yvon.

Yes. Same thing. The rez you can use and still have a small file
depends on the size of the illustration you are scanning. If I were
scanning
something as small as 2 by 2 inches I would use 400 to 600
dots per inch. If 8.5 by 11 you would be limited to about
100 to 150 dots per inch.

Paul Lamar

Paul, if you want send me the files at work - Ihave acrobat there. I usually
use a minimum of 200 DPI B&W for text so I can OCR it later if I want to.
Usually scan at 300 though. Before the Air Force, I worked in the commercial
imaging market - lots of little tricks to make a good file.

harringtonm@avsales.com

Mike Harrington

 
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