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I just installed xsane which I already successfully tested with my Epson Perfection V30. When scanning with these settings

xsane settings for a4, 600 dpi and color

the output file is remarkably large. Is there a way to decrease the size, preferably by built-in settings/options in xsane?

henry
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The best way to reduce the size of the image is to save it in a compressed format such as jpg or png. After the scan when the image viewer pops up, select save image and give the filename a .jpg or .png extension. It varies depending on the image, but 600 DPI scan compressed should result in around 0.5MBs.

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  • I am looking to clone my Windows behavior actually, meaning in the long term I'd like to run some ocr software on the PDF files I produce based (in)directly on scanning output. So in that sense, I think outputting a pdf file from the scan is easier/more comfortable. However, your suggestion yielded also [a file with a size of over 50 MB.](http://imgur.com/PpnLzrP) – henry Jan 06 '14 at 17:04
  • Which file type did it save as? Just as a TIFF with the extension.jpeg or in actual JFIF format? (Use the command `file file_to_test.jpeg`_. – Hennes Jan 06 '14 at 18:14
  • Hm, you are actually right: http://paste.ubuntu.com/6704668/ – henry Jan 06 '14 at 18:38
  • For the sake of completeness, if anyone else is reading here for a solution: JPG file size is considerably smaller than a PNG file. – henry Jan 07 '14 at 10:35