Geovb Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 Hi, I have scanned about 400 pages of old documents and images with 600 dpi. Now I have linked the pages to a document to generate a printable PDF. This worked but my machine (Dell inspirion 7720, 87 , win10, 8GB) struggled with it (gets very slow). Since I am not a hardware specialist: Do you think a RAM upgrade from 8 to 16GB will solve the performance problems? Thanks for and assistance/ recommendations, Georg Quote
Komatös Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 Hello @Geovb welcome to the forums. 600 dpi is oversized for most print jobs. In most cases, a resolution of 300 dpi is sufficient. As far as RAM is concerned, you can compare it to the cylinder capacity of a car. The bigger the cylinder capacity, the more power it produces. 16 GB is a must, especially when using a laptop, if you use memory-intensive applications. Patrick Connor 1 Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.5 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4351) Windows 11 Pro on VMWare Virtual Machine (on Mac) Affinity Suite V 2.6.3 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF No backup, no pity.
Fixx Posted July 25, 2021 Posted July 25, 2021 On 7/23/2021 at 10:48 PM, Komatös said: 600 dpi is oversized for most print jobs. In most cases, a resolution of 300 dpi is sufficient. If scans are text only best printable version would be 600 or 1200 dpi 1-bit bitmap. Unfortunately Affinity does not support 1-bit files. Quote
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