The file formats you will come across during your FASA travels:
.ZIP .RAR .HTML/.HTM .TXT .RTF .DOC .PDF .XLS .XLR .JPG .GIF .PNG

If your software doesn't have such features, dump the scans out as bmps and use an art program. Remember to crop the image and size it as a standard piece of paper. Supply the size in inches. (This isn't necessary as most printer software allows you to print according to the size of paper used) Reduce the amount of colors if possible, text pages usual only need 2 colors, Black and White, some may require grayscale.(jpegs don't allow B/W) When saving, save as jpeg, the compression usually defaults to 90% quality, and normally supplies a decent file size. You only want to compress a jpeg file once.

BLACK and WHITE or GRAYSCALE

1-Place the magazine page square to the scanners window
2-Scan in at 300dpi
3-Do a good Crop of the Image (right up close to the edge of drawnings or text)
4-Save scan as a jpeg (black & white photograph)
5-Set jpeg compression to full (if theres a drawing on the page set compression to 75% or so)
6-View the saved file and zoom in, the letters should be perfectly formed, if theres small lettering or a drawing the lines should be visably seperated.

MANUAL

A More complex method is to save the image as a bmp and edit the image manually for the amount of colors and contrast, but you have to have allot of practice to really benefit, allot of comparing file sizes Vs technique.

The lighter constrast adjustment removes background marks or the reverse of the page showing through and reduces file size. Reducing the colors(or grayscale colors) reduces file size. Croping reduces file sizes and enlarges the letters.

MAKING A PDF

I know nothing of this method other than I find alot of the pdfs are usualy un-cropped and the details where fuzzy or broken up. I seen them too with too much compression aswell.

Of course you can experiment with different image formats depending on the results you want but the above method will produce printable pages, and will look identical on a computer monitor.