Settings In The Scanner Window - Brother MFC-9460CDN Software User's Manual

Scanning

Settings in the Scanner window

Resolution
You can change the scanning resolution from the Resolution pop-up menu. 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 x 100 dpi
150 x 150 dpi
200 x 200 dpi
300 x 300 dpi
400 x 400 dpi
600 x 600 dpi
1200 x 1200 dpi
2400 x 2400 dpi
4800 x 4800 dpi
9600 x 9600 dpi
19200 x 19200 dpi
Scan Type
 Black & White
Use for text or line art images.
 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 gray appearance.)
 True Gray
Use for photographic images or graphics. This mode is more exact because it uses up to 256 shades of
gray.
 256 Color
Uses up to 256 colors to scan the image.
Black & White/
Gray (Error Diffusion)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
256 Color
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
True Gray/24bit Color
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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