Running Quicken Premiere 2006; when scanning an attachment, what is a good/acceptable image size (pixels) to set up? I have and Epson Perfection
2450 scanner. Using its scanning software resulted in a 900k jpeg. I'm concerned about gobbling up memory unnecessarily for each attachment. Using Paint Shop Pro X I can adjust the image size. What's everybody else doing? I'm asking for input on recommended pixel size(s) that you have found to be satisfactory.TIA
It's not possible to tell you what "pixel size" you should have, because it'll vary depending on the size of document that you're scanning. A letter-sized document scanned at 300dpi will have a "pixel size" of 2550 x 3300. At 150dpi it'll be half the size, and at 600dpi it'll be twice as big.
For something like a receipt (which is fairly small to begin with), setting your scanner to 300dpi (dots per inch) should be more than adequate. If you're creating a
900Kb JPEG file, you're either scanning something that's pretty large to start with, or you've set the resolution of the scanner way too high.You're wasting your time by using Paint Shop Pro to reduce the image size - just scan the item at a lower resolution to start with, which will give you the same result.
Agree to scan at lowest (acceptable TO YOU) resolution.
I have my scanner set to 100 dpi and B&W documents (not color). I arrived at that size after trying out several different sizes higher and lower. At 100 dpi the images are sometimes fuzzy, but I can read them and print out quite legibly, so I am comfortable having those images available for reference, disputes, or whatever.
The files were smaller at 50 dpi, but I couldn't be certain of consistent legibility.
Jay
half the size, and
size - just scan the
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