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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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