[PLUG] A Scanning Question

[Paul Mullen]

On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 03:37:49PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> 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.

My first guess would be that Xsane is creating PDFs of the scans
using uncompressed TIFFs. Is there any option to use compression, or
perhaps even JPEGs?

-- 
Paul