I use an all in one printer, an Epson XP 300. I select the Professional mode, set it for Black & White, 200 dpi and save as pdf. and a typical 2 page song file is 50-60 kb. Providing the original score is sharp, the resolution on my Samsung Galaxy 12" tablet is fine. I have several that scanned at 600 dpi but the visual difference was very small so I keep it at 200.
I scanned in both of the Scott Houston's Piano Fake books and the total pdf size is 11 mb.
Speed of scanning is a bit slow, but if you organize your workflow it can be improved.
I scanned one book of 134 songs as a single pdf file, 11 mb large, and that saved some space over a similar number of songs individually saved as separate pdf's but the downside is the keeping tabs on what pages you select for MS. It is faster to work with individual pdf files, and there are fewer likely problems, like missing the last page of a song.
The Epson scanner will keep track of your songs, providing sequential numbers, and if you save each book to its own folder, named same as physical book, then locating where the songs are is just a matter of housekeeping.
I will admit that a sheet fed scanner would be ideal, and because I had Staples cut off the spine and re-bind my books with a spiral hinge, (to make it easier to keep pages open on the keyboard) pulling the books apart and re-assembling them is not difficult, so I'm keeping my eyes pealed for a used one!
Hope this helps.
David. I use a laptop Win 7 pro with the scanner
I scanned in both of the Scott Houston's Piano Fake books and the total pdf size is 11 mb.
Speed of scanning is a bit slow, but if you organize your workflow it can be improved.
I scanned one book of 134 songs as a single pdf file, 11 mb large, and that saved some space over a similar number of songs individually saved as separate pdf's but the downside is the keeping tabs on what pages you select for MS. It is faster to work with individual pdf files, and there are fewer likely problems, like missing the last page of a song.
The Epson scanner will keep track of your songs, providing sequential numbers, and if you save each book to its own folder, named same as physical book, then locating where the songs are is just a matter of housekeeping.
I will admit that a sheet fed scanner would be ideal, and because I had Staples cut off the spine and re-bind my books with a spiral hinge, (to make it easier to keep pages open on the keyboard) pulling the books apart and re-assembling them is not difficult, so I'm keeping my eyes pealed for a used one!
Hope this helps.
David. I use a laptop Win 7 pro with the scanner