Xerox 3920 manual Single-bit scan

Option	Description
Black&White	Multi-Level (Gray): Choose “ON” if you wish to make gray copies or OFF to make a
	B&W (single-bit) scan.
	•	If you choose ON from Multi-Level (Gray), the file formats include PDF, JPEG,
		TIFF, and MTIFF. If TIFF or MTIFF is selected as your file format, the
		compression Level is limited to Raw only.
	•	If you choose OFF from Multi-Level (Gray), the file formats include PDF, TIFF,
		and MTIFF. The compression Level of MTIFF or TIFF includes G3, G4, and Raw.
	Options:
	1.	Multi-Level (Gray): ON, OFF
	2.	File format: PDF, TIFF, MTIFF(Multi-page TIFF)
	3.	Compression Level: Low, Medium, High
File Formats
PDF	PDF (Portable Document Format) is a very popular file format used by Adobe. You can
	view PDF files using Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader.
TIFF/MTIFF	TIFF (The Tagged-Image File Format) is a flexible bitmap image format supported by
	virtually all paint, image-editing, and page-layout applications. Also, virtually all desk-
	top scanners can produce TIFF images.
JPEG	JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) compression provides the best results with
	continuous-tone color and the smallest file size.

The following is an example of file size based on selected scanning options and file format.

Color: A4	@ 200 dpi	TIFF (10 MB) / PDF (53 KB) / JPEG (212 KB)
B&W: A4	@ 200 dpi	TIFF (100 KB) / PDF (20 KB) / JPEG (5 MB)

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