Microfiche scanning

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Jennings <tomj at wps.com> writes:

 Tom> On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Zane H. Healy wrote:
 >> Subject: Re: Microfiche scanning

 Tom> But fiche is substantially more than 300 dpi equiv. resolution!

Of course.  And printed paper is, too -- more like several thousand
for anything better than newsprint.  

However, 300 dpi is fine for scans meant for online reading, and (if
clean) for OCR.

By way of comparison, FAX is traditionally 200 dpi.

       paul