16 Aug
2006
16 Aug
'06
9:32 a.m.
Re: I thought PDF's could just be used to *encapsulate* regular TIFF's?
I.e., in much the same way that they can encapsulate JPEGs, etc.
It can; in fact, when you create a PDF from a scanner, encapsulation is all
that Acrobat is doing, it's the scanner software that determines the format,
which can be tiff, jpeg or some other formats that the scanner software
supports. But by default, it is almost always JPEG.
16 Aug
16 Aug
2:46 p.m.
Barry Watzman wrote:
Hmmm... I don't know how to "create a PDF from a scanner". <:-)
I typically scan documents to TIFF files. Then, open Acrobat
(not Acrobat Reader) and paste the document in along with any
added text, etc.
So, it was my understanding that Acrobat did NOT further process
the TIFF -- nor a JPEG, etc. Rather, just "held it in place
on the page"
?
Re: I thought
PDF's could just be used to *encapsulate* regular TIFF's?
I.e., in much the same way that they can encapsulate JPEGs, etc.
It can; in fact, when you create a PDF from a scanner, encapsulation is all
that Acrobat is doing, it's the scanner software that determines the format,
which can be tiff, jpeg or some other formats that the scanner software
supports. But by default, it is almost always JPEG. 
3:05 p.m.
Actually, I know of several duplex scanning systems that generate PDFs
directly. My friend owns one and he scanned a large number of Atari
documents with it.
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Subject: Re: The TIFF versus JPG debate
Barry Watzman wrote:
all
Re: I thought
PDF's could just be used to *encapsulate* regular TIFF's?
I.e., in much the same way that they can encapsulate JPEGs, etc.
It can; in fact, when you create a PDF from a scanner, encapsulation is that Acrobat is doing, it's the scanner software
that determines the
format,
which can be tiff, jpeg or some other formats that the
scanner software
supports. But by default, it is almost always JPEG.
Hmmm... I don't know how to "create a PDF from a scanner". <:-)
I typically scan documents to TIFF files. Then, open Acrobat
(not Acrobat Reader) and paste the document in along with any
added text, etc.
So, it was my understanding that Acrobat did NOT further process
the TIFF -- nor a JPEG, etc. Rather, just "held it in place
on the page"
?
7:43 p.m.
At 02:05 PM 8/16/2006, Julian Wolfe wrote:
Actually, I know of several duplex scanning systems
that generate PDFs
directly. My friend owns one and he scanned a large number of Atari
documents with it.
The public library in my pop. 7,000 town has a quite capable
copier / scanner that automagically scans (or OCRs) and ftp's
to another machine, as TIFF or PDF or Word.
- John
7:51 p.m.
John Foust wrote:
At 02:05 PM 8/16/2006, Julian Wolfe wrote:
Wow! That's cool! I don't think ours (pop 400,000!) have
anything like that! :-(
Actually, I know of several duplex scanning
systems that generate PDFs
directly. My friend owns one and he scanned a large number of Atari
documents with it.
The public library in my pop. 7,000 town has a quite capable
copier / scanner that automagically scans (or OCRs) and ftp's
to another machine, as TIFF or PDF or Word. 
4:25 p.m.
On Wednesday 16 August 2006 09:32 am, Barry Watzman wrote:
it's the scanner software that determines the
format, which can be tiff,
jpeg or some other formats that the scanner software supports. But by
default, it is almost always JPEG.
Not here. It's png...
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5:20 p.m.
On Wednesday 16 August 2006 16:25, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
On Wednesday 16 August 2006 09:32 am, Barry Watzman
wrote:
And here, it's usually TIFF, because that's what I tell SANE to output.
By default, it complains at you if you don't tell it what format to use.
Pat
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it's the scanner software that determines the
format, which can be
tiff, jpeg or some other formats that the scanner software
supports. But by default, it is almost always JPEG.
Not here. It's png...
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