2008/6/14 Jeff Licquia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I don't think I'd quibble over the few kilobytes between JPEG and > command-line. But I don't think I'm the only one who will be taken aback at > just how big the PNG version is. The verdict from most people won't be that > "well, I need to tweak the settings to get it just right"; it'll be that > "gscan2pdf sucks" or more likely "Linux scanning sucks".
Most of the scanning I do is B&W (i.e. 1-bit). PNG does better, there, and JPG worst. DjVu is worth the extra hassel, though. -rw-r--r-- 1 jeff jeff 13181 2008-06-14 07:55 5PsYMkaHJ3.djvu -rw-r--r-- 1 jeff jeff 48858 2008-06-14 07:55 5PsYMkaHJ3.g4.pdf -rw-r--r-- 1 jeff jeff 48858 2008-06-14 07:54 5PsYMkaHJ3.g3.pdf -rw-r--r-- 1 jeff jeff 48858 2008-06-14 07:54 5PsYMkaHJ3.packbits.pdf -rw-r--r-- 1 jeff jeff 48858 2008-06-14 07:54 5PsYMkaHJ3.zip.pdf -rw-r--r-- 1 jeff jeff 432705 2008-06-14 07:53 5PsYMkaHJ3.jpg.pdf -rw-r--r-- 1 jeff jeff 1042517 2008-06-14 07:52 5PsYMkaHJ3.pnm -rw-r--r-- 1 jeff jeff 56204 2008-06-14 07:51 5PsYMkaHJ3.png.pdf -rw-r--r-- 1 jeff jeff 48858 2008-06-14 07:51 5PsYMkaHJ3.lzw.pdf I will investigate why JPG doesn't do as well as the commandline tools (I have an idea). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
