Sending images by email

[joddle]

Recently a friend of mine has been copying some documents on his Kodak scanner then sending them to my windows PC from his brand new Mac by email. The only issue is that when the emails arrive on my email, it seems the DPI is always reduced to 72 dpi yet when they are scanned they are at 200dpi.

 

He has even confirmed that when he views the files which he saves on his machine they are 200dpi but when they appear as attachments in the email he sends me they somehow have been changed. One other odd thing is that sometimes the files appear to be embedded in the body of the email rather that attached as a file - this seems to be the case when the files are in jpg format.

 

When scanned the resolution is always set at 200dpi (sometimes 150) so we think the scanner is working fine as he can then view the files his end perfectly. Is only when emailed they seem to change.

 

As neither of us are familiar with a Mac or have used Mac e-mailing before, can anyone point us to what we may be doing wrong?

[DSTM]

I can't help you with Mac email system however all .jpg files should be Zipped before sending.

[RandyL]

A lot of things to consider that I don't know.

 

Have your friend send himself an email to see if the issue is on his end. It could be his Kodak scanner settings if he is using a function to scan and mail or possibly it could be his mail server or email client.

 

If he is using a email client such as Windows Mail then he might be using "add a picture" function which might embed a picture in the body of the email. If selecting to add a picture as an attachment the picture will not be embedded.

 

Depending on the recipients email or email client an "add a picture" function from the sender might still translate to an attachment on the receivers end. Having used various web mail and email clients it can make a difference as to how pictures are received no matter how they are sent as to viewing in the mail body or as an attachment. Outlook Mail or the old Hotmail really sucks.

 

DTSM in this particular instance I have to disagree although it is rare for me to disagree with you. A .jpg file is already compressed. I have used the built in Windows function to Send to a compressed (zipped) folder with .jpg files and the reduction in file size was very minor since the .jpg is already compressed. email clients are usually setup by default to receive pictures in the mail body in most clients. With webmail they often get converted to attachments these days.

[DSTM]

A lot of things to consider that I don't know.

 

DTSM in this particular instance I have to disagree although it is rare for me to disagree with you. A .jpg file is already compressed. I have used the built in Windows function to Send to a compressed (zipped) folder with .jpg files and the reduction in file size was very minor since the .jpg is already compressed. email clients are usually setup by default to receive pictures in the mail body in most clients. With webmail they often get converted to attachments these days.

 

You should disagree with me, Randy because I posted without thinking and was clearly wrong. I had a brain fart.

My humble Apologies.

Dougie.