Given that the orignal scans were only fair to begin it, printing the output to a PDF file will only give you slightly less quality in a PDF format. You haven't gained anything. Note, you don't need a full version of Acrobat to print to a PDF file. There are a number of 3rd party products that can do that already.
Pete, wa2cwa http://www.manualman.com On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:16:24 -0800 (PST) Kimberly Elmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm not sure what "QST View" is, but if it can print, why not print > the output to a PDF file? I do that all the time. Then, run > Acrobat's OCR on the file such that the text is search-able. > Acrobat's OCR isn't perfect if there are problems in the quality of > the scan, but it seems a reasonable first attempt. > > The OCR also takes a fair bit of time, but with many of us doing > small parts, the job is essentially parallel-ized and it wouldn't > take long. The only drawback is that doing the OCR and printing to a > PDF file requires a full version of Acrobat. > > Kim Elmore, N5OP > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Peter Markavage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, March 3, 2008 12:21:44 PM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] ARRL To Retire QST View ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
