Scan Settings and File Types

Scan Settings and File Types

This section explains about the relationship between the file type specified when scanning originals and the file type to which files are converted when sending by e-mail or Scan to Folder.

❖Single-page file type

Scan Type

TIFF/JPEG specified

PDF specified

 

 

 

Text (Print), Text (OCR),

TIFF

PDF

Text / Photo, Photo

 

 

 

 

 

Gray Scale

TIFF (uncompressed) / JPEG (com-

PDF

 

pressed)

 

 

 

 

❖ Multi-page file type

Scan Type

TIFF specified

PDF specified

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text (Print), Text (OCR),

TIFF

PDF

 

 

Text / Photo, Photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gray Scale

TIFF (uncompressed)

PDF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

 

 

 

❒ When you select to convert a scanned original to a single-page TIFF/JPEG

 

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file, if [Gray Scale] is selected in [Scan Type] under [Scan Settings], depending

on the [Compression (Gray Scale)] setting under [Scanner Features], the file type changes as follows:

•[On]...JPEG

•[Off]...TIFF

❒When you set [Compression (Gray Scale)] to [On] under [Scanner Features], if you specify [Gray Scale] in [Scan Type] under [Scan Settings], you cannot select mul- ti-page TIFF as the file type.

❒Files are stored in single-page format. When sending files by e-mail or Scan to Folder, you can select single-page or multi-page format.

❒JPEG format files cannot be sent as a multi-page TIFF file even if you specify to send it as a multi-page TIFF. The file is sent in a default format other than multi-page TIFF.

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