[ale] Document Imaging under Linux

Matthew Brown matthew.brown at cordata.com
Mon Sep 15 08:49:27 EDT 2003


Not off the top of my head...  We were doing CAD files (big pages). 
IIRC the files sizes were in the 250KB range for one page of CAD, so I'd
expect something around there - or even smaller -- for a 5-page A-size
doc.


On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 08:35, John Wells wrote:

> Matthew,
> 
> 
> Thanks for the reply.  So you just scanned the docs in as normal
> images (i.e., not OCR) and saved as TIFF?   Any idea what sort of file
> size I can expect there on, say, a standard 5 page doc?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> John
> 
>  
> 
> 
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: Matthew Brown [mailto:matthew.brown at cordata.com]
>         Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 8:31 AM
>         To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>         Subject: RE: [ale] Document Imaging under Linux
>         
>         
>         
>         I haven't looked at this in some time, and never on Linux, but
>         when I did this for a living, we always scanned into TIFF-CALS
>         Group 4, Black and White.  It offered reasonable compression,
>         , multi-page capability, and excellent portability.  I also
>         know a lot of folks use PDF, but I was under the impression it
>         created much larger files... just an impression, don't recall
>         why.
>         
>         My OCR experience is similar to Geoffrey's.
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 07:21, John Wells wrote: 
>         
>         > My thoughts exactly.  So I wonder...if I'm not using OCR, is pdf the best
>         > (and smallest file size) option?
>         > 
>         > Thanks,
>         > 
>         > John
>         > 
>         > 
>         > 
>         > -----Original Message-----
>         > From: Geoffrey [mailto:esoteric at 3times25.net]
>         > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 7:12 AM
>         > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>         > Subject: Re: [ale] Document Imaging under Linux
>         > 
>         > 
>         > James P. Kinney III wrote:
>         > > xsane + ADF scanner + script-foo + database + webserver + time
>         > > 
>         > > Save the images as a pdf unless you plan on trying OCR, then scan using
>         > > black and white and save as tiff.
>         > 
>         > All the free Linux OCR software is pretty green.  I've not been 
>         > impressed.  Then again, I've never found anything that was perfect in 
>         > any environment.  With the massive number of fonts and such out there, 
>         > which continues to grow, it's a very difficult problem.
>         
>         
>         
>         -- 
>         Best regards,
>         
>         Matthew Brown
>         CorData, Inc.
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