Scanning

Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog boxScan (Image Type)

Choose the output image type from Photo, Web or Text. Resolution and Scan Type will be automatically 2 altered for each of the default settings.

The default settings are listed in the table below:

Scan (Image Type)

Resolution

Scan Type

Photo

Use for scanning photo images

300 x 300 dpi

24bit Color

 

 

 

 

Web

Use for attaching the scanned image to web pages

100 x 100 dpi

24bit Color

 

 

 

 

Text

Use for scanning text documents

200 x 200 dpi

Black & White

 

 

 

 

Resolution

You can choose a scanning resolution from the Resolution drop-down list. 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/

256 Color

True Gray/24bit Color

 

Gray (Error Diffusion)

 

 

100 x 100 dpi

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

150 x 150 dpi

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

200 x 200 dpi

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

300 x 300 dpi

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

400 x 400 dpi

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

600 x 600 dpi

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

1200 x 1200 dpi

Yes

No

Yes

 

 

 

 

2400 x 2400 dpi

Yes

No

Yes

 

 

 

 

4800 x 4800 dpi

Yes

No

Yes

 

 

 

 

9600 x 9600 dpi

Yes

No

Yes

 

 

 

 

19200 x 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 a gray appearance.)

True Gray

Use for photographic images or graphics. This mode is more exact due to using up to 256 shades of gray.

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