Message-Id: <mailto:199507100635.BAA13290@library.wustl.edu> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 01:32:34 -0500 From: Glenn Gernert <mailto:ggernert@KNOWINMO.COM> Subject: Re: request for info on free imaging software : TIFF is probably To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
>it seems consensual that so far the best image format for scanned documents
>(i.e. mostly text, not pictures) is TIFF group 4 compressed (CCITT G4).
>For lucky Unix types, there is a free library with source code and a few
>utilities that apparently compiles and works on Unix boxes. I am PC-based
>so I have not had much success porting it yet, although some have.
>
>Therefore, I am not recommending it or otherwise, but if you want a taste
>of it, you may consult the TIFF mailing list as below.
Have any of you looked at using Acrobat CAPTURE to turn TIFFs into Adobe's PDF (portable document format)? File size can be greatly reduced...text is searchable....the viewers (Acrobat Reader) are free etc. Viewers are available for UNIX (SunOS/Solaris and soon HP. Files can also be opened with the latest rev of Ghostscript.
I'd be more than happy to process a few files if you want to send me the TIFFs or the paper docs for me to scan.
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