Advanced Scanning

 

black and white line art requires only

 

1 bit per pixel.

 

Scanning an original as a color

 

image requires three times the

 

storage as scanning it as a grayscale

 

image, and 24 times the storage

 

requirement of a black and white line

 

art image.

Size

What are the dimensions of the

 

original? Scanning a 2" x 2" original

 

creates a smaller file than scanning

 

an 8" x 10" original.

Scaling

Scaling (enlarging or reducing) an

 

image changes the file size

 

accordingly. For example, scanning

 

an image you scaled to 150% of its

 

original size requires 50% more

 

storage than if you had scanned it at

 

100% (no scaling).

Resolution

Resolution is the amount of detail

 

that shows in an image, measured by

 

the number of dots per inch (dpi).

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