4.2 Changing Scanning Settings

About the size of image data

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The following table shows a rough guideline for calculating the size of images generated when a sheet of a color document is scanned in the Simplex mode.

File type: PDF

Paper size: A4 (Brochure)

Color mode: Color

 

Scan mode

 

 

Compression rate

 

 

1

2

3

 

4

5

 

Normal quality

743

312

256

178

100

 

Better quality

1169

548

395

300

186

 

Best quality

2503

1018

790

575

352

 

Excellent quality

10210

4084

2884

1981

1793

Color mode: Color high compression

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scan mode

 

 

Compression rate

 

 

1

2

3

 

4

5

 

Normal quality

524

329

270

180

159

 

Better quality

787

459

393

137

97

 

Best quality

1107

572

238

176

147

Color mode: B&W

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scan mode

 

Compression rate

 

 

 

 

Normal quality

 

 

 

158

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Better quality

 

 

 

247

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best quality

 

 

 

533

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Excellent quality

 

 

 

2076

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(unit: Kbytes)

*"Color high compression" is more effective in "Best quality" mode.

*To further decrease file sizes, change settings as follows:

-When scanning documents such as photographs or drawings, change compression rates (1 to 5).

-When scanning documents containing mostly characters in "Excellent" mode, select "Color high compression" in Color mode drop-down list.

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