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I scan with Paperport, rather than the built in OD scan tool. Scanning at 200dpi, B&W, my file sizes average 10-30 KB per page. Then I import them into OD Images. I disagree with those who say the file size doesn't matter. I have over 6,000 files in my OpenDentImages folder totaling 890MB, accumula...

Remember, document file size has an almost direct correlation to your ability to read/print said document. 300-400kb files aren't large considering that they are pdf scanned images rather than pdf "editable" text docs. For comparison purposes, CBCT scans are 550MB/scan. I back those things up too. ...

Hi all, I'm having trouble managing file size for documents I scan into open dental. I played around with the Imaging setup to try to improve, but it doesn't seem to be helping. It appears that one page PDF files are around 300-400kb which seems too large. Any advice on set up that will compress fil...