[Coco] [Color Computer] 1984 djvu conversion

[Bob Devries]

I'm using ScanGear CS which came with my CanoScan 5200F scanner. It 
integrates into Adobe Acrobat Pro 6 through the TWAIN interface.

I'm scanning in black & white at 300DPI. There are no other settings 
available in that mode.

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Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia

Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
the capacity to be his spokesman,
so that I know how to help the weary.

website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
my blog: http://bdevries.invigorated.org/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Fadden" <t.fadden at cox.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] 1984 djvu conversion


> There are lots of variables.  Did the scanner do color, greyscale, or line 
> art?  When the pdf was made, was it created at 300dpi, also there are 
> settings for % of quality.  All of those affect the file size.
>
> Tim
>
> Bob Devries wrote:
>> HAHAHAHA,
>>
>> I was going to suggest that our scanners "downunder" are more efficient, 
>> but Dez is an Aussie too. Of course, he *IS* closer to the equator than I 
>> am.....
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>>
>> Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
>> the capacity to be his spokesman,
>> so that I know how to help the weary.
>>
>> website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
>> my blog: http://bdevries.invigorated.org/
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John W. Linville" 
>> <linville at tuxdriver.com>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 9:55 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] 1984 djvu conversion
>>
>>
>>> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 09:50:01AM +1000, Bob Devries wrote:
>>>> I have difficulty understanding why the PDF files of these magazines 
>>>> are
>>>> so large.
>>>>
>>>> I have scanned some of my copies of Australian Rainbow. All pages 
>>>> except
>>>> the front and back covers are black & white, and I scanned them at 300
>>>> DPI. They are readable... as much as the originals were readable (but
>>>> that's another story)... but they are not text searchable.
>>>>
>>>> Of the 30 magazines I scanned, the largest PDF file size was 6939KB 
>>>> from
>>>> 76 pages (275mm x 205mm) and the smallest 1800KB from 60 pages.
>>>
>>> Perhaps you are measuring using metric bytes?  I think they are 
>>> bigger...
>>>
>>> :-) :-) :-)
>>>
>>> John
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