Re: Scanning problems

[Doug Craigen <dcc@ESCAPE.CA>]

Peter Schoch wrote:
> 1)  Have you checked the type of file to which you are saving the
> images?  GIF files, even with color should not be that large.  If your

Gif files generated from a scan of a handwritten page *can* be very
large if the scanner uses more than one shade of light gray for white.
This is why I recommend specifying your own color palette if your
software presents it as an option.  Gif compression works best with
large uniform color areas such as the pure white background of the page.

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