This pixel format is sufficient to represent black and white images, gray scale images, and color images. Furthermore, this format can represent images where the color specification is directly in the image, or where the pixel is an index into the palette. The table below shows some possible combinations of the number of components and the bits per component.

Image Type

Number of

Bits per

 

Components

Component

 

 

 

Black and White, direct

1

1

 

 

 

Black and White, indexed

1

1

 

 

 

Color, indexed

1

8

 

 

 

Color, direct

3

8

 

 

 

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HP L 5 manual Image Type Number Bits per Components