Scanning (was Re: recent acquisitions for the House of VAX

From: Jim Tuck <technos_at_nerdland.org>
Date: Mon Sep 10 22:05:52 2001

I work in digital imaging for part of my living, and do work for a
number of
archival projects as well.

600dpi_at_1bpp is insane. 300dpi is usually fine, if there is a prob
increase the
image depth.

Jim


On Monday, September 10, 2001 5:17 PM, Chuck McManis
[SMTP:cmcmanis_at_netapp.com] wrote:
>
>
> This topic has gone over the list a few times, from experience, the
> "best"
> scans are 600 DPI black and white compressed into PDF files. This
> achieves
> exactly what is needed, get the data without a lot of excess. The
> KA655 TM
> that is on the DFWCUG site appears from the PDF to be 100 DPI/8 bit
> (note
> that's 800 bits per inch net and the result is harder to read) I'll
> add
> scanning this manual to my list. They don't appear to have come up
> with a
> 'standard' for their scans. That would help too.
>
> --Chuck
>
Received on Mon Sep 10 2001 - 22:05:52 BST