On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 09:42:09AM -0700, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> In the case of the older DEC handbooks it's only a matter of time before
> the completely disentigrate anyway. They were published on the worst
> quality paper imaginable.
I'm trying to do this as non-destructively as possible.
> Your best bet is to take the books and have the binding cut off
> professionally. Then scan in the pages one at a time (not two). I
> personally believe Adobe Acrobat is the best way of doing this. Although I
> realize there are people here that are against Adobe Acrobat.
I'm scanning them in as 100dpi grayscale GIFs, then I will convert to
other format(s) and eventually to PDF. Scanning directly to PDF with
HP's software produces horrible output with compression artifacts.
Bill
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Bill Bradford
mrbill_at_mrbill.net
Austin, TX
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