Re: Scanning & PDF's

Todd,
I scanned some stuff for David Hayne's website and the best tradeoff seemed
to be 300dpi and line art(not grayscale). These can be read and printed out
pretty well.

Omar

-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Miller <Todd.Miller@telethinking.com>
To: 'vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu' <vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu>
Date: Monday, October 26, 1998 2:14 PM
Subject: Scanning & PDF's

>I want to scan manuals & schematics into PDF's so that I may offer them
>to the RGVAC
>community. I am asking those with experience to give me recommendations
>on what
>works best. Suggestions on DPI as it relates to what is clearly viewable
>on the screen
>or for printed output to a inkjet or laser. On example that I tried was
>300 DPI using
>grayscale on a page with mixed text, a small image and a small
>schematic. The
>finished PDF was easily readable and printed out well on an Epson 720
>DPI inkjet,
>but the file size was a bit large. I'm open for input...
>
>
>
>Todd Miller, IT Operations Dept.
>Ron Weber and Associates
>103 E. State Street, Mason City, IA 50401
>(515)423-4293/(515)423-4594 FAX
>http://www.telethinking.com
>
>
Received on Mon Oct 26 13:34:46 1998