Re: e-mail a hand-drawn sketch

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 06:35:28 GMT, Robert Baer
<robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Jim Thompson wrote:
>
>> On 28 Aug 2005 05:19:11 -0700, Winfield Hill
>> <Winfield_member@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Jim Thompson wrote...
>>>
>>>>Winfield Hill wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>So do whatever is fastest, but do include the email insertion
>>>>>time. It's a simple experiment, useful to see how bad (or how
>>>>>good) things really are.
>>>>
>>>>1:05 from Scan to Send, and I stumbled a bit in the address book,
>>>>looking for your address, only discover you're not in MY address
>>>>book, so I picked someone else ;-)
>>>>
>>>>Scanner, hp3970 flatbed; E-mail, venerable Eudora Pro v3.0.5 ;-)
>>>
>>>OK, thanks Jim. I'm done grousing now, but I'll be looking out
>>>for faster setups. I'm going to try adjusting my Canon LiDE USB
>>>scanner settings and software, and I'll try the Visioneer soon.
>>>
>>>One would think that 15 to 20 seconds should be possible. That
>>>means the scan should be no more than 10 seconds, and the rest
>>>of the actions should be quasi-automated.
>>
>>
>> Yes, Win. Check your setups. I have my hp3970 default to PDF, line
>> art (1-bit), 150dpi, so it does just one fast sweep, not the two slow
>> sweeps that you see when doing photos to JPG.
>>
>> ...Jim Thompson
> Then your scanner is faster than a number of those i have used: one
>pass, and slow.
> BTW, GIF gives lossless compression and is best for one or two on/off
>colors; JPEG is best for color using low compression (use a lot and a
>lot of objectional "artifacts" get added).

We can continue to go 'round and 'round on this... PDF is best for
line art.

...Jim Thompson
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