scanning text

[tgavin]

A client gave me a notebook full of song lyrics that he wants scanned for print at 150 line screen. The lyrics are written in ballpoint and pencil on school paper, the kind with the light blue lines. The client couldn't give me an answer on how the text will be used (whether masking and overlaid onto a background, or just used as scanned). So I've scanned them at 600dpi, with the exposure set to photo instead of document, into Photoshop and saved them as TIFFs.

Did I miss anything? Should I have scanned at 1200, document instead?

[balou]

Hi tgavin. Welcome to GDF!

Without knowing how your client is needing this, I'd give him what you did and see if it works for him. If he needs more detail in the text, then I'd rescan at 1200 document.

[Broacher]

If you client won't tell you what they're for, one guess is as good as any. I don't get it. Why won't he tell you? If he wants to play or have someone transcribe this to real notation, it would really help to tell you.

[tgavin]

Hi tgavin. Welcome to GDF!

Without knowing how your client is needing this, I'd give him what you did and see if it works for him. If he needs more detail in the text, then I'd rescan at 1200 document.

Thanks for the reply. It's been years since I've done any print and wanted to make sure I'm remembering things correctly :)
If you client won't tell you what they're for, one guess is as good as any. I don't get it. Why won't he tell you? If he wants to play or have someone transcribe this to real notation, it would really help to tell you.
I think the client doesn't know what they want yet. So, by scanning it the way I did, I think I'm helping him make up his mind :)