Comment 5 for bug 521323

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Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote : Re: "Text" scan is in black-and-white, not greyscale

I meant post-processable from full-colour :)

In BZR trunk I've changed the default to photo, I'd expect most users will just keep to this because with JPEG compression and modern bandwidth they're not going to care much about image size.

The idea of text mode is that it is used for archiving where most people I've talked to indicated compression was the most important factor. My guess is that scanners actually do some clever image processing for "Lineart" mode that may not be easily done post-scan (without resorting to very high resolution scans).

Question: Did you intend the document you scanned for archiving? Would you have been happy if the document was full colour? Was it readable enough for archiving purposes?

Also, please attach an example if you have one?