Minolta DIMAGE SCAN DUAL II AF-2820U Owner's Manual page 100

GLOSSARY
RESAMPLE
RESOLUTION
RGB
SHADOWS
TIFF
USB
WINDOWS® BMP
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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).
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.
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.
The dark areas of an image.
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 professional-quality images and
graphics.
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 only) The BMP graphic file format is for
bit-mapped images. BMP images are supported by
the Paint accessory and can easily be opened on
most PCs running Windows.