Target 200 KB
Compress an image to 200 KB
A scanned document normally reaches 200 KB with its full dimensions intact, spending only JPEG quality that is invisible on screen. Drop the file to see what it costs yours.
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Where 200 KB comes from
Two hundred kilobytes is the most common quota on public-administration forms: tax portals, identity applications, tenancy files, school registrations. It is generous enough for a readable scanned document and small enough to keep a public server's storage predictable.
For a scan or a photographed document, 200 KB is comfortable: you keep the full dimensions and lose only JPEG quality that does not show on screen.
Scans versus photographs
A flat-bed scan of a text document at 200 KB stays perfectly legible, because text is high-contrast and compresses well. A photograph of the same document taken by hand, with paper texture, shadows and camera noise, costs far more bytes for the same readability.
If your scan comes back illegible after compression, a flatter and better-lit capture will do more than a bigger file. Shoot on a plain surface, keep shadows off the page, and hold the camera parallel to the paper.
Need a little more room? Try 500 KB.