Asking for advice regarding scanning a textbook

[Paul Smith]

On 7/15/07, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I need to scan a textbook, black and white. Could someone please
> > > advice me about the settings (resolution, brightness, etc.) in order
> > > to get a small pdf file?
> >
> > Some time ago, on this very list I believe, someone posted the results
> > of their OCR experiments. It seems that accuracy peaked at about 300
> > dpi if I remember correctly, and actually dropped off below that. I
> > don't remember what OCR engine he was using. I wouldn't scan the
> > textbook directly to pdf, even if your only intention is to reprint
> > it. In that case, just go to a photocopier. OCR and reformatting the
> > text will look much nicer. If it's English text, then it shouldn't be
> > much of a problem.
>
> Thanks, Dotan. I have set the resolution at 300 dpi, but I get 1 MB
> per page. Can one reduce the size of the pdf file?

Sorry, I was wrong. Actually, I get 35 KB per page, after saving it to a file.

Paul