GLOSSARY
RESAMPLE | To change the number of pixels in the image. If |
| pixels are discarded when shrinking an image, it is |
| called resampling down. If new pixels are created in |
| an image, it is called resampling up (see page 100). |
RESOLUTION | The number of pixels in a given area of the image; |
| such as pixels per inch or pixels per centimeter. |
| High resolution is the term for an image with a lot of |
| pixels in a given area. Low resolution means there |
| are not many pixels in a given area. |
RGB | Red, Green, and Blue. These are the colors of the |
| three channels that make up the scanned image. |
| Monitors use red, green, and blue phosphors to |
| create the image you see on the screen. |
SHADOWS | The dark areas of an image. |
TIFF | Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files contain bit- |
| mapped data. In addition to being a widely |
| supported format, TIFF is able to handle the color |
| palette needed for |
| graphics. |
USB | In the USB connection, the peripheral devices such |
| as a mouse, printer, scanner, etc. can be connected |
| up to 127 with an interface. Furthermore, the |
| peripheral equipment can be easily set up because |
| the USB connection does not requires to specify the |
| ID number or the terminator for each equipment |
| compared with the SCSI devices. |
| It does not matter whether the USB equipment or |
| computer is turned on or off first. |
| In the USB connection, the USB equipment or |
| computer can be connected or disconnected even |
| while the equipment is turned on. |
| When disconnecting and connecting the USB |
| equipment, perform at an interval of 5 seconds or |
| more. |
WINDOWS® BMP | (Windows only) The BMP graphic file format is for |
| |
| the Paint accessory and can easily be opened on |
| most PCs running Windows. |
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