Email Resolution
Mar 23, 2019 15:18:15 #
Lots of good suggestions here. It all depends on who you're emailing with the documents. Many corporate servers do not accept e-mailed zip files as a security provision, and using an online transfer site is not acceptable to many governmental and financial institutions. A high resolution PDF, split as required, is still the most reliable, universally readable, and may be transmitted by the most secure and encrypted services. I'm sort of a technical dunce, but I've never had a problem doing this. It all depends on what you're sending and who you're sending it to.
Andy
Andy
Mar 23, 2019 15:39:00 #
Papa j wrote:
I have a 34 page doc I need to scan and email. I scanned the doc at 300 dpi and it is too large to email. What is a lower resolution that will allow a readable transmission
Thanks as always
Joe
Thanks as always
Joe
I had the same issue last week. I had a word doc with photos imbedded and the file was huge. While reimaging the photos to smaller size, in hopes of shrinking the overall file size, I discovered something awesome. Now I work with a Mac, but maybe something similar exists with PC. Under “file” (at the top of the screen), I found a button that says “reduce file size.” Clicked it. Bam, same photos, same twenty pages of text, but now the file size was small enough to email. Give that a try!
Oh and I did NOT have to reimage any of the original 10+ MB photos. :)
Mar 23, 2019 16:17:18 #
Mar 23, 2019 17:09:01 #
Papa j wrote:
I have a 34 page doc I need to scan and email. I scanned the doc at 300 dpi and it is too large to email. What is a lower resolution that will allow a readable transmission
Thanks as always
Joe
Thanks as always
Joe
The minimum readable resolution will depend on the font size. The best solution has been suggested by others. Upload to a cloud server.
Mar 23, 2019 18:23:48 #
Nanarozzi
Loc: Brentwood, TN & East TN
If you don’t need it secure, go to www.wetransfer.com. There’s a free version where you just put your email and anyone else’s email you want it to go to and attach the file. Before I retired, I used to send large Photoshop files and PowerPoint files all the time because they would fill up my Dropbox. I think the link is good for two weeks. You can send up to 2 gigs each time.
Mar 23, 2019 20:01:39 #
Mar 23, 2019 21:19:41 #
Rick-in-Tor0nto
Loc: Toronto & Ft. Lauderdale
Well, the obvious answer is to send it by fax. Fax "fine" setting is, I believe, 214 dpi.
So consider that a scan setting of 200 dpi is probably adequate. Whether or not it's readable depends on the size of the fonts used in the document. But if it's no smaller than 10-point, you should be able to get away with scanning at 200 dpi to attach. Scan it, look at the scan on the screen and see if you think it's legible. 300 dpi is often overkill but if it has to be that fine, then try setting it to just a b & w scan instead of millions of colors -- if your scanner allows that.
The other possibilitiy is to convert it to a pdf, IF your original is in a format like MS-Word or Excel, etc.
And, of course, you could always scan it 4 or 5 pages at a time.
- RB
So consider that a scan setting of 200 dpi is probably adequate. Whether or not it's readable depends on the size of the fonts used in the document. But if it's no smaller than 10-point, you should be able to get away with scanning at 200 dpi to attach. Scan it, look at the scan on the screen and see if you think it's legible. 300 dpi is often overkill but if it has to be that fine, then try setting it to just a b & w scan instead of millions of colors -- if your scanner allows that.
The other possibilitiy is to convert it to a pdf, IF your original is in a format like MS-Word or Excel, etc.
And, of course, you could always scan it 4 or 5 pages at a time.
- RB
Mar 23, 2019 21:24:36 #
Rick-in-Tor0nto
Loc: Toronto & Ft. Lauderdale
Then again, taking the time to ask people this and absorb the answers, you could have photocopied it and have it sent by snail mail.
- RB
- RB
Mar 23, 2019 23:17:20 #
foggypreacher
Loc: Dickinson, Texas
You could export it to a .pdf file and then save it to a smaller .pdf file. I had a photo intensive file too large for .pdf to email but saved it to a smaller .pdf file. The file went via email just fine. I used Acrobat.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Mar 24, 2019 09:25:28 #
pauken
Loc: Minneapolis MN
PDF is the most reliable method to use. It's universal and you guarantee that your recipient will be able to find it and open the file.
Since the single file is two large, why not divide it into two or more manageable files which can be sent.
Simple is always best.
Fred
Since the single file is two large, why not divide it into two or more manageable files which can be sent.
Simple is always best.
Fred
Mar 24, 2019 10:13:28 #
You could also try adding all of the files to a .zip file. That would reduce the file size quite a bit.
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