[Coco] [Color Computer] 1984 djvu conversion

[Jeff Teunissen]

stinger30au wrote:
> --- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "Mike Pepe" <lamune at ...> wrote:
>>
>> What is the benefit of turning a 300dpi PDF into a 400dpi djvu? Why
>> increase the resolution?
>> 
> 
> 
> Mike,
> i answered this question yesterday
> 
> djvu is a "lossy format"
> 
> if you take a 300dpi pdf & convert to 300 dpi djvu, you lose resolution and the text is blurry.this is due to th compression technique djvu uses.
> 
> if you wind up the resolution of the djvu to 400dpi the loss of quality is very small and the text is much sharper & jut as good as a 300 dpi pdf.
> 
> when i finish scanning the remainder of the aussie coco magazines i have and it will take me about 3 or 4 weeks maybe i will upload a pdf version of one just for you to do some tests on it yourself.

This is just wrong.

pdf2djvu is the culprit, not djvu.