Just following up on Tony's comment about the 300dpi standard the Archive has adopted as being far from ideal. I would like to dispel any thoughts amongst Forumists that the Archive web site is not up to scratch. This was a standard that we took professional advice over when we started the project and is the standard that is used by our contractors (Hampshire County Council) in their photography process. It is also the settings we adopt for the A3 Epson Expression XL10000 scanner that we use for the work we do ourselves. This scanner has a maximum resolution of 2,400 DPI x 4,800 DPI (Horizontal x Vertical). 300dpi is sufficient for our purposes and image quality does not degrade when the image is blown up on screen.
For other purposes, a higher resolution may be required, but not for the work we are doing...
For other purposes, a higher resolution may be required, but not for the work we are doing...