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Old August 8th, 2009, 04:32 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by svga View Post
I scan magazines at 300dpi with this environment, which produces PNM files which are about 25MB (2544x3509 pixel, depth 24).
Can your scanning software produce bitmap files too? If so, this will increase your choice of converting software.
I don't know about Linux, but I use Irfanview myself. IMO it produces very good results with the quality setting at 80%.
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