Re: Saving fading documents (wa Fading T(h)ermal Paper)

If I understand you in the correct way, this problem shouldn't be very hard
to solve. The problem is, that you might not get me right, because I use the
German version of Photoshop CS. In German you choose
Bild-->Anpassen-->Schwellenwert. Here you can choose the "Schwelle" between
black and white and you see the result in the preview. If your documents are
only containing black and white, this should be a good way to make them read
after exporting by an OCR. If you want to convert more than one scan in this
way you can make an "Aktion" and use the "Batch-Conversion-Modus".

If you need more help I can send you a picture from the steps I've explained
above. It is only in German because of the German version, but the buttons
in the English-Version should work the same way than mine.

Björn

"Norman H. West" <NWEST1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>
> Reviewing first responses to my query, it is obvious I did a poor job
> explaining what I was trying to do.
>
> I have documents printed on light sensitive paper such as used on a
> fax, etc on which the printing is gradually disappearing. The
> printing is so faint that things like OCR are not an option.
>
> I have scanned the document into Photoshop and tried things like
> level adjustment, selection by color, etc. and have come to the
> conclusion that I am wandering around rather aimlessly without
> a methodical and organized approach.
>
> Since fading printing due to printing process, paper or age has to be
> a common problem, does anyone know of a turtorial on how to approach
> the problem in a systematic way?
>
> I will appreciate any help I get.
>
> Norm in Texas


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