The following table identifies the options available with each Pixel Depth setting. Since both the Draft and Best Quality settings are available with all the Pixel Depth settings, this option is not included in the matrix.

Pixel Depth option selection matrix

 

 

Halftone*

Dropout

Scanning

Pixel Depth

 

Sequence

Black & While

 

None

None

1 pass

 

 

Mode A (Hard Tone)

Red

 

 

 

Mode B (Soft Tone)

Green

 

 

 

Mode C (Net Screen)

Blue

 

 

 

Dither A (4 x 4 Bayer)

 

 

 

 

Dither B (4 x 4 Spiral)

 

 

 

 

Dither C (4 x 4 Net Screen)

 

 

 

 

Dither D (8 x 8 Net Screen)

 

 

16 Gray

 

 

None

1 pass

 

 

 

Red

 

 

 

 

Green

 

 

 

 

Blue

 

256 Gray

 

 

None

1 pass

 

 

 

Red

 

 

 

 

Green

 

8 Color

 

None

Blue

1 pass

 

 

 

 

 

Mode A (Hard Tone)

 

 

 

 

Made B (Soft Tone)

 

 

 

 

Mode C (Net Screen)

 

 

 

 

Dither A (4 x 4 Bayer)

 

 

 

 

Dither B (4 x 4 Spiral)

 

 

 

 

Dither C (4 x 4 Net Screen)

 

 

 

 

Dither D (8 x 8 Net Screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

256 Color

 

 

 

1 pass

16 Million

 

 

 

1 pass

Colors

 

 

 

3 pass**

Dither options are not available for the ES-300C scanner.

* When you choose 3 pass scanning, your application does not use the Calibration, Color Filter, or Saturation features in TWAIN; see Chapter 4 for more information.

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