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Image Settings - General
tab
The General tab contains the commonly used image options. In most
cases you will not have to change options on other tabs.
Scan as
— allows you to select the electronic image format.
•
Color (24-bit)
: the scanner will produce a color version of your
document.
•
Grayscale (8-bit
): the scanner will produce a grayscale version of
your document.
•
Black and white (1-bit)
: the scanner will produce a black and white
version of your document.
NOTE: The
Scan as
option is only available when
Images per side:
One
is selected on the Advanced tab.
Document type
— allows you to select the type of content on your
documents.
•
Text with Pictures
: the documents contain a mix of text, business
graphics (bar graphs, pie charts, etc.) and line art.
•
Text
: the documents contain mostly text.
•
Pictures
: the documents contain mostly photos.
Resolution
— allows you to select the dots per inch (dpi), which largely
determines the quality of the scanned image. While scanning at a
greater resolution produces a better quality image, it may also increase
scanning time and image size. The options are:
Color/grayscale
: 100, 150, 200, 240, and 300 dpi
Black-and-white
: 200, 240, 300 and 400 dpi
