Scanner Settings for
Yearbooks
Project
updated on
Sunday, August 06, 2006 09:25 PM
project began on Friday, June 08, 2001
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Scanner Settings for updated on
Sunday, August 06, 2006 09:25 PM |
Scanner Settings, please note that
these recommendations are constantly being updated to make them easier to
understand. <g> hopefully ...
Help us by scanning
your yearbook. The basic settings we are using are below. We have
lots of help to get you through the project.
Set your scanner to
'Save As' or output files as .jpg at about 850 PPI (pixels per inch) wide (side
to side) with 600 DPI (dots per inch) resolution for pages. We need at
least a DPI resolution of 300 or more for full page scans to come out readable.
600PPI and up gives us the best resolution for image quality. Use
Color or Gray Scale for scanner output type. All image files to be *.jpg
(JPEG) only because of server space. Fifty annuals will require at least
5GB (gigabytes) of server space.
Measurements are
wide (side to side or width). We are concerned with width only. We
are not concerned with length (tall or up & down). If you can set your
scanner's 'Output' to these settings.
Pages = 700PPI (= 4 inches = 11.75 centimeters = 335
points) minimum and up to 850PPI (pixels per inch).
Resolution set to around 300DPI to 600DPI.
Page file sizes: They
should come in around 75KB (kilobytes) to 275KB a file with medium JPEG
compression.
Please name said
pages like, 65p001.jpg for yearbook '1965 page #001' and
65cover.jpg. File names in all lower case characters and no spaces
please.
We need a "Table of
Contents" similar to this one. TOC's A
simple list of sections and page numbers for your annual would be great.
Looks like hardest
part is juggling the book and squaring pages on the scanner bed. LOL
To become part of
the Yearbook Scanning Project or Londoncentral.org or need any kind of help with
scanning or such, please contact any me. We are growing by leaps and
bounds ever day.
| j mercer : jmercer@londoncentral.org |
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