Scan Application Documents

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Alexander Weisshaupt
Mar 2, 2007
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Hi newsgroup,

I have a question: For my job applications I want to put my diplomas and certificates online on my homepage. The preffered format for this would be pdf. The documents are in color, and I have even seen them printed on color laser printers in some companies during job interviews.

My plan is: Scan them at the right resolution, open them in Photoshop CS and print them using the print preview on the adobe pdf printer (which ouputs as a pdf file).

What would be the right resolution for that? So far, I tried 100 ppi, 150 ppi and 300 ppi.
The strange result: Printed on paper the 300 is best. But when I preview them on the monitor screen, the 100 seems best, but they are scaled to fit completely on the screen. If there is a bigger shape of e.g. just blue background, the 300 looks lousy on the screen.

Thanks for any help!!
Nico
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Mar 2, 2007
Optimally you would have one for screen (72 dpi) and one for print (240 if there are no sharp edges or small type or 360 dpi if there is). I would scan them at a higher resolution than you will ultimately need, e.g. 600dpi, and then downsample using bicubic sharper in Photoshop.

"Alexander Weisshaupt" wrote in message
Hi newsgroup,

I have a question: For my job applications I want to put my diplomas and certificates online on my homepage. The preffered format for this would be pdf. The documents are in color, and I have even seen them printed on color laser printers in some companies during job interviews.
My plan is: Scan them at the right resolution, open them in Photoshop CS and print them using the print preview on the adobe pdf printer (which ouputs as a pdf file).

What would be the right resolution for that? So far, I tried 100 ppi, 150 ppi and 300 ppi.
The strange result: Printed on paper the 300 is best. But when I preview them on the monitor screen, the 100 seems best, but they are scaled to fit completely on the screen. If there is a bigger shape of e.g. just blue background, the 300 looks lousy on the screen.

Thanks for any help!!
Nico
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Nicolas Rinke
Mar 2, 2007
How do you get those numbers, 72 and 240? My scanner offers 100, 150, 200, 300 and so on..

Are we talking about "dpi" or "ppi"?

Regards,
Nicolas

CraigM wrote:
Optimally you would have one for screen (72 dpi) and one for print (240 if there are no sharp edges or small type or 360 dpi if there is). I would scan them at a higher resolution than you will ultimately need, e.g. 600dpi, and then downsample using bicubic sharper in Photoshop.
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Toobi Won Kenobi
Mar 2, 2007
"Nicolas Rinke" wrote in message
How do you get those numbers, 72 and 240? My scanner offers 100, 150, 200, 300 and so on..

Are we talking about "dpi" or "ppi"?
Regards,
Nicolas

see
http://www.scantips.com/basic1c3.html

TWK

CraigM wrote:
Optimally you would have one for screen (72 dpi) and one for print (240 if there are no sharp edges or small type or 360 dpi if there is). I would scan them at a higher resolution than you will ultimately need,
e.g. 600dpi, and then downsample using bicubic sharper in Photoshop.

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