Scanning

Settings in the Scanner window

Resolution

You can change the scanning resolution from the Resolution pop-up menu. Higher resolutions take more memory and transfer time, but produce a finer scanned image. The following table shows the resolutions you can choose and the available colors.

Resolution

Black & White/

8 Bit Color

True Gray/24 Bit Color

 

 

Gray (Error Diffusion)

 

 

 

100 ⋅ 100 dpi

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

150 ⋅ 150 dpi

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

200 ⋅ 200 dpi

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

300 ⋅ 300 dpi

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

400 ⋅ 400 dpi

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

600 ⋅ 600 dpi

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

1200 ⋅ 1200 dpi

Yes

No

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

2400 ⋅ 2400 dpi

Yes

No

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

4800 ⋅ 4800 dpi

Yes

No

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

9600 ⋅ 9600 dpi

Yes

No

Yes

9

 

 

 

 

19200 ⋅ 19200 dpi

Yes

No

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

Scan Type

„Black & White

Use for text or line art images.

„Gray (Error Diffusion)

Use for photographic images or graphics. (Error Diffusion is a method for creating simulated gray images without using true gray dots. Black dots are put in a specific pattern to give the gray appearance.)

„True Gray

Use for photographic images or graphics. This mode is more exact because it uses up to 256 shades of gray.

„8 Bit Color

Uses up to 256 colors to scan the image.

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