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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)
: produces a color version of your document.
•
Grayscale (8-bit
): produces a grayscale version of your document.
•
Black and white (1-bit)
: produces 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 Graphics
: the documents contain a mix of text, business
graphics (bar graphs, pie charts, etc.) and line art.
•
Text
: the documents contain mostly text.
•
Photograph
: the documents contain mostly photographs.
Media type
— allows you to select the type of paper you are scanning
based on the texture/weight. The options are:
Plain Paper, Thin Paper,
Glossy Paper, Card Stock,
and
Magazine
.
Resolution
or dots per inch (dpi) — allows you to select the dots per
inch (dpi), which is a determinant of a better quality image. It may also
increase scanning time and image size. The resolutions are: 100, 150,
200, 240, 250, 300, 400, 500, 600 and 1200 dpi.
NOTE: This option is not applied to the preview image when
Preview
Quality
is set to
Normal
.
