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HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS
®
Settings in the Scanner window

Image Type

Select the image type of output from Photo, Web or Text.

Resolution and Scan Type will be altered for each d efault setting.

The default settings are :

Resolution

You can change the scanning resolution from the Resolution drop

down list. Higher resolutions take more memory and transfer time,

but can achieve a finer scann ed image. The following table shows

the resolution you can choose and the available colors.

Image Type Resolution Scan Type
Photo Select for scanning photo images. 300 x 300 dpi 24-bit color
Web Select for attaching the scanned
image to web pages.
100 x 100 dpi 24-bit color
Text Select for scanning text originals. 200 x 200 dpi Black & White
Resolution Black & White /
Gray
(Error Diffusion)
256 color True Gray /
24 bit color
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
(For MFC-3420C
and MFC-3820CN
Only)
Yes No Yes
9600 x 9600 dpi
(For MFC-3420C
and MFC-3820CN
Only)
Yes No Yes