Each page should be scanned separately to a 300 dpi .tif file. While we don’t use the full resolution .tif files on the web site, we like to have a high-resolution original for our archives. When files are provided for multi-page documents such a yearbooks, name each file with a three-digit number describing the order in which it is found in the book. For example, 001.tif, 002.tif, 003.tif, and so on. Do not use any descriptions in the file names, for example: “001-front-cover.tif”. Do not provide any additional files such as .jpg, .pdf, .psd, etc. As we catalog each file in our archive, it makes it easier for us if you just send us .tif files.
When you are scanning anything that has been printed (rather than a photograph), set your scanner software for “de-screening”. If you don’t do this, a pattern will be noticeable in the previously printed images you scan. Some scanning software will ask you what you are scanning. In this case, indicate that you are scanning a magazine and the software will make the proper setting for you.
In most cases we will ask you to send the .tif files to us on a CD or DVD. If possible, don’t use an application designed to make it easier for non-technical users to access files by creating a menu on the disk. Instead, simply burn the .tif images as files onto the CD or DVD. If given a choice, do not create drag-and-drop (DLA) or multi-session disks. Normally we can use any disk burned on a Mac a PC or a computer running Linux, but following the directions in this paragraph will make it easier for us to archive the materials you have provided. Thank you for your contribution to the Jamaica Plain Historical Society.
When you are scanning anything that has been printed (rather than a photograph), set your scanner software for “de-screening”. If you don’t do this, a pattern will be noticeable in the previously printed images you scan. Some scanning software will ask you what you are scanning. In this case, indicate that you are scanning a magazine and the software will make the proper setting for you.
In most cases we will ask you to send the .tif files to us on a CD or DVD. If possible, don’t use an application designed to make it easier for non-technical users to access files by creating a menu on the disk. Instead, simply burn the .tif images as files onto the CD or DVD. If given a choice, do not create drag-and-drop (DLA) or multi-session disks. Normally we can use any disk burned on a Mac a PC or a computer running Linux, but following the directions in this paragraph will make it easier for us to archive the materials you have provided. Thank you for your contribution to the Jamaica Plain Historical Society.