About Saving Image Files

Image file types, file name requirements and multi-page files that can be saved with CapturePerfect are described here.

About File Types

Images scanned with CapturePerfect can be saved as TIFF (*.tif), BMP (*.bmp), JPEG (*.jpg), PDF (*.pdf), or PowerPoint (* .pptx) files. However, please note that the JPEG file type can be selected only when the specified scanning mode is 256-level Gray, 24-bit Color, or Detect Color or Binary Image.

Scanning Mode

 

File types that can be saved

 

 

TIFF

BMP

PDF

JPEG

PowerPoint

Black and White

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Error Diffusion

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Text Enhanced

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Advanced Text Enhancement

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Advanced Text Enhancement II

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

High Speed Text Enhancement

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

256-level Gray

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

24-bit Color

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Detect Color or Binary Image

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Note

•The available scanning modes will differ depending on the scanner.

•When the file type is JPEG File (*.jpg), the image quality set by the Details of File Settings is applied. Refer to Setting JPEG Compression (→P. 21) for details.

•When JPEG File (*.jpg) is selected as the file type with Detect Color or Binary Image as the scanning mode, black and white images are saved as TIFF files using CCITT Group 4 compression, regardless of the current TIFF file compression settings in the Options menu. Color images are saved as JPEG files using the image quality settings by the Details of File Settings.

•When the file type is PDF File (*.pdf), the compression ratio set by the Details of File Settings is applied. Refer to Setting PDF File Saving Options (→P. 19) for details.

File Type Settings

The following file-type-dependent settings are available. Settings are made by selecting the file type from the Details of File Settings.

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