manuals in pdf (resolution, compression)

From: Tom Owad <owad_at_applefritter.com>
Date: Sun Jun 27 12:59:04 2004

What I'm leaning towards now is making two sets: one for archiving and
one for distribution.

The archival images will be 600dpi greyscale TIFFs. They will not be
converted to pdf, but just stored as TIFFs.

The images intended for download and distribution will be 200dpi
greyscale JPEGs. Using these, I expect a 128-page download to be about
20 MB. While perhaps not suitable for ocr, these images are very
comfortable to read on-screen, and can later be replaced with improved
versions made from the original 600dpi TIFFs.

I know a lot of you expressed concerns about JPEGs, but I haven't been
able to get anywhere near the compression using other methods, for
greyscale images. Am I overlooking any options?

Tom

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Received on Sun Jun 27 2004 - 12:59:04 BST