I'm scanning some old diaries originally written in pen (usually blue
or black), and some of pages are dim. I'm scanning in B&W (300 DPI and
a "medium" Quality setting), and the resultant file size is about
45K. But the scan doesn't pick up enough detail for the dim pages to
be legible. Increasing the Quality setting the the highest value helps
slightly. The darker pages come out OK on B&W.

On the other hand, switching to grayscale (300 DPI and medium quality)
gives a much more readable scan but larger file size (about 160K).

I pretty much a novice at scanning and was wondering if there are
other settings I can use to improve my B&W results in order to keep
the smaller file sizes. If not, the grayscale will work but my files
will be quite a bit larger.

I'd appreciate any suggestions.

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James McAlister
www.james-mc.com
www.BulletinInserts.org
(Windows XP Pro & Acrobat Pro 8)

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