[TechAssist] Re: Uploading 10 meg scans to the group archives?
- From: al <al@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 23:12:24 -0400
not gonna be dirty is it ED? al
Al Leatherman
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Gaidies" <teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 6:44 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Uploading 10 meg scans to the group archives?
>
> Gary;
> Speaking of scanned items..I found out this weekend that the Mac (OS10)
has
> PDF program built in as part of the OSX operating system. So when I save
> something in PDF format...it can be sent out by e-mail, and anyone that
has
> a PDF reader can open it. I'm going to mess around with it and send you a
> file in a few days, and tell me how it is.
>
> -Ed-
>
> teltek2@sympatico,ca
> teltek1@xxxxxxx
>
> "Quality will be remembered....long after price is forgotten"
>
>
> > From: Gary McCartney <number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 17:36:44 -0400
> > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Uploading 10 meg scans to the group archives?
> >
> >
> > Phil, does the scanning software have a setting for "greyscale" or "8
> > bit greyscale" or "256 shades of greyscale" ? I find using the
> > greyscale setting makes a better picture of a schematic then "black &
> > white". B&W won't give you any grey areas in the lines for your eyes to
> > blend in and make the lines look smooth, whereas 256 shades of greyscale
> > will leave shades between white and black in the lines, and your eyes
> > will blend these shades together and make lines look smooth. A good
> > example is the circle around a transistor symbol on a schematic. With
> > B&W setting, the circle might look jagged, whereas it will look smoother
> > using greyscale.
> >
> > Using greyscale over B&W will make the file size larger though.
> >
> >
> >
> > Gary McCartney
> >
> > McCartney Electronics
> > 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7
> > Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4
> > Fax: (519)821-1530
> > email: number63 (at) inetsonic.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Phil Bader wrote:
> >>
> >> OK here's what I found: My HP scanner program allows me to scan as a
> >> "text" or "B&W Drawing". That greatly reduces the size from 10-15 megs
> >> to a smaller 900k or so. Then if I want I can zip that even smaller.I
> >> can also convert it to a PDF format instead of zipping it.This also
down
> >> sizes it greatly.I was using a setting that scanned any color
> >> information.This is why the large size.Not necessary for most diagrams.
> >> -Phil Bader
> >>
> >> Phil Bader wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I sometimes scan sections of schematics, and save it to the hard drive
> >>> as an .rtf file (rich text format) as most scanners do. Trouble is
just
> >>> one page is usually 10 to 15 megs in size.I scanned a Zenith schemo
that
> >>> needed two pages,one was 11,the other was 13 megs.Text mode!Too large
to
> >>> send to an email address, or sending to the archives. Is there a
better
> >>> way that compresses the scans? 2-3 megs would be maximum I think.
> >>> -Phil Bader
> >>> --
> >>> Philip Bader
> >>> Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976)
> >>> 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880
> >>> Voice/Fax (863) 299-8821
> >>> email: philbad@xxxxxxxxxx
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> >> Philip Bader
> >> Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976)
> >> 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880
> >> Voice/Fax (863) 299-8821
> >> email: philbad@xxxxxxxxxx
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