P3D Re: SW

[michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Kersenbrock)]

 is really worthless.  
> >
> >Why?  Are the printed versions we're mailed worthless too?
> 
> The printed ones are of much higher resolution and image quality than
> scanned images would be, unless the scanning resolution were so high that
> only a few letters could be seen on the screen at a time.  Also, the images
> on the printed pages are screened, and scanning screened images will
> degrade the quality.

So the text is inherently worthless, and it's only good for the
pictures?  What magazine are we talking about here again, P******?  :-)


Mike K.

P.S. - As was mentioned scanners (including mine) have a check-option to 
       automatically remove moire patterns caused by scanning halftone pictures, 
       and mine does an amazingly good job.  I'm not sure how it'd affect text if they
       were all done in the same scan however.  I may try that if I remember to.
       I certainly agree, however, that OCR'ing (or getting the text from John
       in the original computer format) would be the best so long as that chore
       isn't the cause of nothing whatsoever to be done.

P.P.S. - For someone who has very few or none of the issues, having a CDROM
         copy that's less than magnificient is MUCH better than having nothing,
         so I think "worthless" is quite overstated except for those who
         already have a complete paper set.






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