What is the best file format for scanning text into Photoshop?

[pollostar]

JPEG and GIF both are good.

[michael_jeff]

JPEG and GIF both are good.

I want to join - the same idea.

[pauland]

Andy, in case you're tempted - don't use jpeg for this project, it introduces artifacts and GIF isn't suited either.

TIFF is great and PNG.

If you are going to manipulate the images to try and improve clarity, etc, you may wish to scan at a higher resolution than 300DPI, then manipulate that then scale back down to 300DPI - really depends on whether you intend to manipulate the images or not.

[Albacore]

The only way to get crisp text is to use OCR & then spend a small amount of time in a text editor to check text and any other artifacts that have been produced. I don't normally disagree with Gary but in this case I do about the level of quality of the free OCR's or the one supplied with our printer.

[pauland]

OCR doesn't really apply here - the OP wants to preserve the original text, typeface and appearance - as legibly as possible.

[dhawan12]

Use Gif.

[Bobbie_Ack]

Use Gif.

Exactly. It's the most viable idea I think.