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thedarkman <A_Baron@ABaron.Demon.Co.UK> wrote:

>I'm scanning an archive and have elected to use jpgs for documents

If what you are archiving is a photo library, fine. 

If what you are archiving is a library that contains printed text,
I very strongly recommend you hold another election and pick a
different format. JPEG is for photos, and only for photos. TIFF or PDF
are the main choices for archiving. 

>Can someone recommend a) a scanner
>b) software
>c) resolution

Not if you want to use JPEG for text documents!
>
>I'm currently using HPSolution Centre from PCWORLD re software but as
>I said am having problems with this. I'd be happy to get this quality:
>
>http://www.geocities.com/satpalramisguilty/ram_coa_2.html

This is presented as a JPEG, but that should be the presentation
format for the web only, not the archive format.
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