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Originally Posted by igorsk
Do not use JPEG files for scans, the JPEG format is ill-suited for images with sharp edges such as text or line art. Best to use a lossless format such as TIFF or PNG (or PDF, as long as it's not using JPEG compression for images).
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I've tried doing the same pages (mass market paperback text) as JPEG and TIFF, and the error count after OCR with Finereader wasn't significantly different. It may make more of a difference for illustrations.