[Coco] Scanning and storing documents (CoCo related, of course!)

[Francis Swygert]

What I have done in the past for large documents is to scan them in as .jpg or .png files (take your pick!) at 200-300 dpi. 150 dpi is enough for text (web presses use 150 lines per inch for most magazines), but you will want at least 200 dpi for pics. Scan one page at different resolutions to see what you think is acceptable -- I remember using 150 and 200 for the fanzines I produced, not "the world of 68' micros", but a later AMC/Rambler rag that had lots of photos. Then use a word processor or page layout program to assemble the pages into a single document. Save that document as a single PDF file. You can use "print to pdf" if the program you use doesn't have a "save as pdf" feature (most do now). I suggest saving the document in your programs native format first, just in case something goes wrong when printing/saving as a pdf file. Then you can delete the single page images, and if you want the native format document as well -- once a good pdf file is made.  Frank Swygert
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