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Topic: Re: Spec sheet images to pdf problem
Conf: (P-PDF) Beginners, Msg: 46101
From: duffj
Date: 5/29/2002 04:08 PM

>Hi, I have been given a task of scanning in specification
sheets of our products to convert to pdf files in order to
>create a virtual product library.
> The process I've been using is to scan the sheets at
200dpi 100% ratio (cause their glossy color). Then
>saving the 10mb file as an .EPS image. Finally I would dump
this onto distiller with it optimized for printers and
>the resulting pdf would be about 900k to 1.2 MB for a single
side.
> I've tried lower resolutions but the resulting pdf looks
blurry when printed. Is there a better way of creating
>smaller size pdf files from these images that still look
good.
> I also have here the latest version of capture which
would automate the process greatly but not sure about
>the quality of the output. I would appreciate any advice.

If these materials are to be posted on the web, then you
should consider a PDF/Normal conversion, which would require
the use of the fulll-blown Acrobat Capture product. The
result is a PDF consisting of formatted text and graphics that
may be optimized to your application in terms of resolution,
compression, bit depth, etc.. PDF/Normal files are much
smaller than the files you are getting from the method you
mention.

See http://www.document-solutions.com/definition.html for
more info on the different paper-to-PDF types.

Duff Johnson
Document Solutions, Inc.
www.document-solutions.com