Date   : Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:58:20 +0000
From   : "W.H.Scholten" <wouter.scholten@...>
Subject: Re: Wouter's vital doc scans 'n stuff

Mark Usher wrote:

[ rtf ]

> It can also be read on a MAC and an ARC.
> I was sure there was something for LINUX aswell.

I haven't seen anything. It's still a bad format ;)

> JPEG is a very bad format for archiving, and TIFF or PNG should be used.
> This is because EVERY time you save a JPEG it will lose quality as it will
> be recompressed. Very dangerous.

No it isn't. Who's talking about saving it more than once? Why would you
save again? To change resolution, but then that's for viewing, so that
doesn't really matter. If the jpeg shows nearly the ink dots resolution
for example, there's absolutely no point in using another format.

Regards,

Wouter