[PLUG] A Scanning Question

[Lancashire, Pete]

what format are you saving it in ?

8.5 " x 11" = 93.5 sq inches

200 x 200 dots = 40,000 dots per sq inch

3.7 million 'dots' each 'dot' is 24 bits (3 x 8 bit colours)

= 89.8 bits = 11 Megs per page x 4 pages = 44 Megs

some how i'm a bit over ... don't have my glasses with me

try dropping the number of bits per colour.

the two tools i use are ImageMagick and xv

imagemagick is not for the light at heart :)

you should see the file size's for just one strip of a billboard !!

-pete

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Shepard [mailto:rshepard at appl-ecosys.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:38 PM
> To: plug at pdxlinux.org
> Subject: [PLUG] A Scanning Question
> 
> 
>    Because I'm so new at this stuff I'm surprised that file 
> sizes are so
> large. I just scanned a four-page brochure directly into PDF 
> files (then used
> pdftk to concatenate them into a single file). At 200 dpi, 
> the assembled,
> 4-page file is 33+M in size -- in color.
> 
>    Is this because the background of each page is colored? 
> That seems quite
> large to me, but perhaps it's not.
> 
> Rich
> 
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