I need to send off some documents via e-mail (bank statements, gas bill etc)
Scanned said documents and attach to e-mail ok, but when printing the attachment the quality so poor they a virtually illegible.
Scanned using OCR also converted to BMP image rather than JPEG. Increased resolution. Tried copy/pasting to various other programs but still cack.
Is there a way of doing this, or is it just one of them things that screws a PC since it treats a simple text doc. the same as a hi-res photo?
Any one help... BTW I'm a hairy arsed engineer, not an IT boffin, so nothing to complicated.
Oh yeah, I can't fax direct, I don't have a land line.

Cheers
John

I depends on the resolution of your scanner - it sounds like you're scanning resolution is 72dpi which is the dpi that screens display in. To print in a reasonable quality 200dpi is normally acceptable, set colour to black/white (not colour or greyscale as filesize is quite large).

Hope this helps.

Scan them using something like photoshop. Scan at a resolution of about 250-300dpi and use grey scale. Thats how i scan documents, they are easily readable and the files are still pretty small.

(Dont bother with OCR unless the page is just plain text like in a book. It gets too confused with forms, small text and logos.)

Hope that helps,
David

[damn beaten to it ]

[Edited on 21/6/04 by flak monkey]

Thanks guys,
Been scanning at 300dpi, which is overkill.
I'll try Photoshop.

Cheers
John

Note to Flatmonkey,
have you tried typing "the shocker" into google. It explains what the young lady in your avatar is suggesting....

[Edited on 21/6/04 by spunky]

Hi
If you scanned using OCR you should be able to save it in word which will be clear to fax. do not save as .bmp or jpg

Steve

Depends a lot on the scanner and software some scanners don't work well with standard twain drivers. OCR I have always found a waste of time unless you are scanning a lot of almost identical documents.

Try scanning at 150 to 200 DPI in black and white -- Microsoft Imaginging gives lousey results so I use Paint Shop Pro for this.

Tip not connected directly with original question --- anyone buying a scanner for home/SOHO use look at a Hewlett-Packard all in one printer-scanners much better than the oposition - very reliable, decent scans and copies and faster than most other printers-scanners at the same price only downside is cost of cartridges.

Another tip for normal use remove any OCR software from a PC as even sitting as a stub waiting to be called it uses a lot of system resources.

[Edited on 22/6/04 by britishtrident]

Reckon I've cracked it. Scanned at 200dpi using Photosuite in B&W. Much of the quality of the print out seems to depend on the program used at the other end. Opened and printed using Windows fax viewer and the quality is shocking, use a photo specific program and it's pretty good.
Now got to send copies of passport and driving licence...! all this to get a new car for the girlfriend, MX5 so should be worth it. Yes she is a hairdresser

Thanks all for the help
John

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Tip not connected directly with original question --- anyone buying a scanner for home/SOHO use look at a Hewlett-Packard all in one printer-scanners much better than the oposition - very reliable, decent scans and copies and faster than most other printers-scanners at the same price only downside is cost of cartridges.

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