On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 22:28 -0500, R. G. Newbury wrote: > I am scanning old files and papers for archiving (and shredding the > paper). In the past, under OS/2, I could convert the original scans > from 24 bit color to one bit black and white scans by converting to > dcx format (and back to jpg). This reduced the image file from 1MB to > abojut 55-60KB. > > Can anyone suggest a similar sort of conversion methodology which I > can use on Fedora? I have no idea what programs are available which > might be capable of these sorts of conversions. What software are you using to scan with? You should be able to pick a resolution and line art mode to do that sort of thing in one go. -- (This computer runs FC7, my others run FC4, FC5 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
