I would recommend to use TIFF 6.0 instead of PDF. The PDF format
standard is to volatile. 
We experienced a corruption issues with images that where scanned into
PDF 3.0/4.0 and when we want to open them in Adobe Reader 6.0.
Adobe comes out every couple years with a new standard for PDF's.
Currently they are marketing for  8.0. 
Do you believe that they will continue supporting your 3.0/4.0/5.0/6.0
PDF's? 10-20 Years from now?

Meanwhile the TIFF 6.0 Standard is around since 1992.

Also I recommend using 300 DPI. At 200 DPI you lose some of the
characters that are Font 6 or lower.

Simon De Witt    

-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Brent Reid
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 1:38 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [RM] another comment regarding Document Management Systems

The documents are scanned in as PDF's so there is no conversion
necessary.

We are also importing reports that are generated on a UNIX system and
sent
to us as text files.

We convert them to PDF's and import them into the EDRMS.

This allows users to add comments to the scans and reports, but they
cannot
edit the original information. The comments that are added become part
of
the official record.

-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf
Of Jay Maechtlen
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 10:46 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: another comment regarding Document Management Systems

Brent Reid wrote:
> I am in the process of implementing a world wide scanning solution for
the
> US government. Offices all over the world scan in documents that are
> received locally by various offices.
>   
You call your solution 'scanning'.
Are documents input in other ways besides scanning? (PDF, print to file,

etc)?
Is everything converted to a single format? What format was chosen?

Regards
Jay


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