Scanning Documents
Posted October 21st, 2008 by adminDocuments play a big role in any trial. To get the greatest impact, your documents must look their best when projected for viewing by the jury or the Court. That comes down to accuracy and resolution. Accuracy comes from the quality of the document you are scanning. Originals almost always provide the most accurate scanned images. If possible always scan the original for your presentation, particularly if you scan in color. Resolution gives you higher quality images to work with. Imaged documents need to have a minimum of 200 x 200 pixels per inch. For trials, however, I always recommend 300 ppi minimums. If the document contains small or blurred text, I recommend scanning in color, or scanning at a higher resolution. Some scanners will allow up to 1200 ppi, but it is rare that you will need above 600 ppi. In any event, most documents project well for presentation purposes when scanned at 300 ppi. If you need to scan a picture, I always recommend scanning in color at 1200 ppi. Remember that higher quality scans will have a bigger file size, but that is why we buy USB Hard Drives.