The file sizes are huge probably because you are scanning them at a high DPI
and a high number of colors (probably millions of colors).

If you scan at no more than 300 DPI and then save the scans as GIF's, your
file sizes should come down considerably.

To make them even smaller, and if the end use is to display them on the web
for people, you could:

1. Scan at 100 DPI
2. Save as GIF
3. Open GIF in graphics program and reduce colors even further (all the way
down to 2 colors [B&W] if the original is in black and white).
4. Save again as GIF.

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Chuck Evans
Web Marketing Manager
Captura Software, Inc.
(425) 424-1155
chucke(at)captura.com
http://www.captura.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Markkanen, Timo ELP:EX [mailto:Timo.Markkanen(at)gems5.gov.bc.ca]

Hi all. One of our Sections is having the following problem and I was hoping
someone could guide us in the right direction:

We have paper documents that require scanning and being presented on the web
but are having size problems....Here's a note he just sent around.

"We need to investigate a graphics program that will allow us to capture
scanned documents and post to the web.  I have tried TextBridge, OmniPage,
PaperPort and PDF.  Timo has also recommended some programs.

The problem is that when we scan an image, the size of the file is HUGE.
Using PDF, I was able to get the file to fit onto an 8-1/2" x 11" page so
that it could be printed; however, the file size was 25MB - too large to
post.  I tried various formats and was eventually able to reduce it to 6 MB
(by removing some colors) which is still too large for a fast download.

What we need is the ability to scan images that will:

	1.	Fit on 8-1/2" by 11", without losing definition, so that the
page can be printed
	2.	Compress the file size so that it can be downloaded within a
reasonable time period"

One note is that the paper documents are already 8 1/2 x 11. We thought it
would be an easy transition, paper to electronic 8 1/2 x 11 but it's not so
easy, unless we're missing something simple.

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