Paul Jones of iBiblio tells me that Natasha Smith of the UNC-based Documenting the American South. has some "serious guidelines." Best, Dan On Nov 5, 2007, at 1:53 PM, Randy Cabell wrote: > Interesting. My wife is going through old newspaper clippings > about her parents, ca. 1940-1980. She is scanning everything at > 300 dpi, gray scale. Most of the clippings have photographs, which > are the old "half tone" composed of dots which have fixed loctions > but vary in density to simulate gray scale. I think they re at > about 72 dpi. She has gotten pretty good about processing those > photos through the "Smooth" in the EFFECTS Filter, at the lowest > setting, which does a surprisingly good job of producing a good photo. > > I did a couple of color photos from a 2001 newspaper clipping this > morning, and did more or less the same thing except using color. > In both cases, the resulting documents will go to PDF. > > Randy Cabell > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Waddell" > <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 9:25 AM > Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Scanning docuements 11051326Z07 > > >> When working with newsprint, I use the lowest DPI (dots per inch) >> available on my >> scanner -- 75 DPI. I have an option that allows me to switch to >> "descreen". This >> combination provides a decent scan. >> >> See: http://www.scantips.com/ >> >> Regards, Ray >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harris Kern" >> <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 8:52 AM >> Subject: Scanning docuements >> >> >> Is there any particular method, process, or resolution that is >> recommended for scanning >> old paper documents? >> >> Harris Kern >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.22/1111 - Release Date: >> 11/5/2007 4:36 AM