Also what would be the best storage media to keep scanned copies of them too? I know that some things can be really expensive like certain tape drives then there are DVDs and hard drives. I would highly recommend scanning them all in TIFF format in a very high resolution. Got a scanner that can do 4800 DPI and not just for small things like photos? Use it! If you are worried about the space these files take up just realize that they are often compressed but with a lossless algorithm like LZW and not a lossy one similar to JPEG which is known to have some artifacts which can reduce the quality of an scan or image if there are too many of them. Make no mistake, JPEG is great for allowing fairly quick image downloading but when it comes to preserving ALL the detail use TIFF. What would we do if Aldus (now bought by Adobe) had never created the TIFF format? I guess we would be using the BMP and PNG formats more. I am no artist or expert but I do know at least all of that which I just mentioned.
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I have to sale old letter of Gandhi ji famous leader of India but how and where I don't know please guide me
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Also what would be the best storage media to keep scanned copies of them too? I know that some things can be really expensive like certain tape drives then there are DVDs and hard drives. I would highly recommend scanning them all in TIFF format in a very high resolution. Got a scanner that can do 4800 DPI and not just for small things like photos? Use it! If you are worried about the space these files take up just realize that they are often compressed but with a lossless algorithm like LZW and not a lossy one similar to JPEG which is known to have some artifacts which can reduce the quality of an scan or image if there are too many of them. Make no mistake, JPEG is great for allowing fairly quick image downloading but when it comes to preserving ALL the detail use TIFF. What would we do if Aldus (now bought by Adobe) had never created the TIFF format? I guess we would be using the BMP and PNG formats more. I am no artist or expert but I do know at least all of that which I just mentioned.
Multiple copies on hard drives stored in different locations is recommended.