preserving / ressurecting old docs?

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri Jun 22 17:34:42 2001

--- Bill Bradford <mrbill_at_mrbill.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:43:14PM -0700, healyzh_at_aracnet.com wrote:
> > Please don't scan them at such a low resolution! 300dpi works pretty good.
>
> > I'd really recommend going out and buying Adobe Acrobat itself. I bought
> V5
> > and am very happy with it.
>
> 100dpi seems to be the best resolution that I've seen for a tradeoff between
> readability and file size.

OK... now print them. How does _that_ look? I have to recommend scanning
at 300 dpi and who cares about file size. CD-ROMs are cheap.
 
> This is text and line drawings... for finer stuff, I'll use a higher
> resolution,
> of course.

Wouldn't it be better to have it be a) consistent, and b) legible when
re-printed?

-ethan


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