Settings In The Scanner Setup Dialog Box - Brother MFC-8460N Software User's Manual

Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box

Image Type
Choose the output image type from Photo, Web or Text. Resolution and Scan Type will be altered for each
default setting.
The default settings are listed in the table below:
Image Type
Photo Use for scanning photo images.
Use for attaching the scanned image to web pages. 100 × 100 dpi
Web
Text Use for scanning text documents.
Resolution
You can choose a scanning resolution from the Resolution drop-down list. Higher resolutions take more
memory and transfer time, but produce a finer scanned image. The following table shows the resolutions you
can choose and the available colors.
Resolution
100 × 100 dpi
150 × 150 dpi
200 × 200 dpi
300 × 300 dpi
400 × 400 dpi
600 × 600 dpi
1200 × 1200 dpi
2400 × 2400 dpi
4800 × 4800 dpi
9600 × 9600 dpi
19200 × 19200 dpi
Scan Type
Black & White
Use for text or line art.
Gray (Error Diffusion)
Use for photographic images or graphics. (Error Diffusion is a method for creating simulated gray images
without using true gray dots. Black dots are put in a specific pattern to give the appearance of gray.)
True Gray
Use for photographic images or graphics. This mode is more exact because it uses up to 256 shades of
gray.
Black & White/
Gray (Error Diffusion)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Resolution
300 × 300 dpi
200 × 200 dpi
256 color
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
2. Scanning
Scan Type
24-bit color
24-bit color
Black & White
True Gray/24 bit color
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
2
2
2
2
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