Tothwolf wrote:
>
> On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote:
>
> > Having download the scans ( overnight ) I have found that jpeg
> > or any picture file is just too big for viewing or more important
> > printing. PDF is the best way to send files. One option is print them
> > from the scanner as postscript files then use ps2pdf to convert them
> > to pdf. ps2pdf is part of ghostscript I think.
>
> Actually, these jpegs are great. I wish more scanned documents were made
> available in this format. Once I have my equipment set back up, I'll set
> about processing them with OCR software. The author's block printing
> should OCR well since his handwriting is very good. Once I have them OCR'd
> I'll work on converting them to postscript.
>
> -Toth
JPEG is a lossy imaging format. You lose detail with this format.
Use something else!
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Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
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Received on Mon Jan 07 2002 - 13:15:17 GMT