3 Sep
2006
3 Sep
'06
9:02 a.m.
e.stiebler wrote:
Don wrote:
For *schematics*, I would consider 400dpi far too coarse.
I'm already experimenting with 800 and 1200dpi to see where
the "sweet spot" is for them. But 400 just didn't cut it :-(
(unless youre scanning DEC printsets which are usually pretty
coarse to begin with! :> )
Hi,
I spent a few hours last night playing with different
scanning options and figured I would share my observations.
Bottom line: the 100KB B&W TIFF was much
better looking
than even the 530KB JPEG. And the 250KB B&W TIFF was so
"fine" that I suspect it is overkill (I doubt anyone or
anyTHING -- i.e. software -- could discriminate between
that at 800dpi and the 400dpi version).
So, to answer *my* initial question (ages ago), 400dpi C4 TIFFs
are definitely "adequate". 800dpi are overkill. And, at
~100KB per page, they are quite "affordable".
I'm glad that you found out, what most people who really scan b&w
text&schematics knew all the time ;-) And please, not another discussion about jpeg &
b&w scans again.
The last BS about it is barely weeks ago ...