Re: Thoughts on restricted distribution documents (Dec Professional 350)

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Sep 29, 2020, at 3:06 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk 
> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> On 29/09/2020 18:56, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
>> Ok, got a good starter scan. Did it at 600dpi, black/white, saving here as 
>> Tiff and JPG formats in different directories. Will make a cheap-o PDF 
>> version and put it on iguana.crystel.com in a bit.
> 
> 
> You don't want JPG for text. It'll have fuzzy edges, which isn't (afaict) 
> good for future OCR.

Right.  JPEG is, as the name indicates, ONLY for photos.  Not line art, not 
text, not anything with edges.  TIFF is always good.  PNG is also generally a 
good choice.

        paul