On 11/26/2019 8:52 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > > I am going through stuff in my office and found that I have some SCSI > device docs that aren't on bitsavers. As far as multi-page documents, it > seems as if my scanner (or its software) only does uncompressed TIFF. At > bitsaver's recommended 400 dpi, that means about 4M per page. > > What should I do? Scan the docs in and find a tool to convert to > lossless compression. Scan the docs in and just submit the huge files? > Something else? > > The docs that I have are copies, not originals. Does anyone here want > them after I scan them? > > alan >
This would be a function of the software, not the scanner. When I corresponded with Al Kossow about format several years ago, he indicated that CCITT Group 4 lossless compression was their standard. I have been using a scanner (Ricoh IS300e) that needs a driver that doesn't install under Windows 10, so now I use it from inside a Windows 7 VM. The software I have been using in Irfanview. I expect it would not be tremendously difficult to find something that would do the compression on a raw file. JRJ
