RGB
Red, Green, Blue. The color model in which every color is composed of a varying amount of red, green, and blue, which are the three primary colors of light. RGB is used to display colors on a computer monitor.
rich text format
A format for text files. Rich Text Format preserves all formatting in the original text document. It converts formatting into instructions that compatible programs can interpret.
rotate tool
To rotate the entire scan 90 degrees clockwise or 90 degrees counterclockwise.
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saturation
The intensity of color in a specific hue. An image with high color saturation has vivid color. A
scale
To reduce or increase the physical size of an image while maintaining aspect ratio (the ratio of the horizontal dimension to the vertical dimension).
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scanner bed
The glass surface of the scanner where you place items to scan. Sometimes referred to as the scanner glass.
scanner glass
The glass surface on the scanner where you place items to scan. Sometimes referred to as the scanner bed.
scanner lid
The lid, or cover, of the scanner, which holds the original paper flat for scanning.
scanning source
Scanning (or scan) sources include the flatbed,
screen resolution
The measurement of the number of lines per inch (lpi) that a screen can display. This is usually 72 lpi.
settings
Saving settings allows you to save a set of settings used with one scanned image and reuse the settings with an image scanned in the future.
selection area
scan
To capture a picture, photograph, or text as a digital electronic image using a scanner. This term also refers to the image that has been scanned.
The area inside the rectangular border drawn around a portion of the image in the Preview area. The selection area is scanned when you