Thread: Converting a scanned book from 1DollarScan to ePub
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Old 10-03-2014, 10:06 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by rkomar View Post
It depends on the text being scanned. A small font would benefit from a 1200 dpi scanning resolution, whereas a normal font probably wouldn't. If the text has been printed such that the letters are close together, then you need to scan at a resolution high enough to make sure that the letters remain separated in the images. Letters that end up touching in the scans lead to lots of errors when doing OCR. The majority of books will be fine when scanned at 600 dpi, but the ones with dense printing (to economize on the number of pages) might be better scanned at 1200 dpi. You may want to go through the books you want scanned, and sort the books into 600 and 1200 dpi piles. 1200 dpi for all books would certainly be overkill.
Thanks a ton, rkomar. You may seen this in the OP but just in case, here's a sample of the 600dpi scan:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/j18r16ed7t...0Page.pdf?dl=0

I feel that this book isn't too dense. Would love to hear your thoughts on this.

Thanks again.
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