From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   On 12/8/2025 9:15 AM, legg wrote:   
   >> A better time investment is thinking about how you would categorize   
   >> the document so you know where to start looking for it.  E.g.,   
   >> "old projects", "reliability", "algorithms", etc.   
   >   
   > With text font variations on the same page, or imbedded images   
   > from other sources, like newspaper articles. I found I had to   
   > manually bury plain text beneath an image of the reproduction.   
   > Very time consuming.   
      
   If you are scanning yourself (instead of relying on TIFFs and   
   post processing), there is a bunch of scanner software that will   
   do exactly this.  What you "see" is essentially a TIFF but what   
   you interact with is text "under" the TIFF.   
      
   So, you can highlight a portion of the "image" as if it was text   
   and see those highlights reflected in the image.  But, when you   
   copy and paste, you get "real" text (though usually devoid of   
   typeface attributes).   
      
   Post-processing is more hit-or-miss.  You have to spend more time   
   checking the result as the "original" has already sacrificed some   
   detail.   
      
   Depending on the source, I will scan at 600, 1200 or even 9600 dpi   
   to preserve detail that I want in the final "image".   
      
   But, I scan EVERYTHING -- even little slips-of-paper installation   
   instructions for devices I've purchased, user manuals for appliances,   
   warranties, etc.  I.e., any sort of paper that one would *want* to   
   keep ("just in case") but dread having to find a place to store it where   
   you could recover it easily.   
      
   By contrast, books and technical papers are pretty easy.  (try scanning   
   an old-fashioned service/technical manual where you have regular   
   A-size pages interspersed with B-size "fold-outs"... just the paper handling   
   aspect is a major chore!)   
      
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