Scanning Fiche

From: Matthew Sayler <mpsayler_at_zen.as.utexas.edu>
Date: Wed Dec 9 09:47:08 1998

I remember back in '98 when John Foust wrote:
> >Watch out--some pdf's are just 75-100dpi images of the page. This
> >seems to be especially common for old data sheets and the like
> >upgraded to the "new" system.
> That's not a bad thing. Acrobat is a handy way to store and view
> a sequence of images. Image thumbnailers aren't bad, but aren't as
> document-centric.

'tis if you're just trying to get a quick idea of a document.
(vs. text, that is). I can't remember what the max. resoution
of a IIgs is, but I bet its a bit smaller than (8.5x11)x100.

I really hate scrolling a fractional viewport a document, but maybe
that's just me.

                Matt

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