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List of Recommended Resolutions to Suit Your Purpose

See the table and set the appropriate resolution for the purpose of your scanned image.

Purpose

Resolution (Reference)

Displaying on a screen

Sending by email

Up to 200 dpi

Using Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

Creating a text searchable PDF

200 to 300 dpi

Printing using a printer

Sending by fax

200 to 300 dpi