Suggestions for choosing output type
Output Type
True Color
millions of colors (24-bit color)
Grayscale
8-bit (256 shades of gray)
Black & White
1-bit black
and white
(only black
and white)
256 Color
8-bit color
(256 shades
of color)
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Scanning pictures
Color
photograph
best color image for printing
grayscale image for printing or displaying on a monitor
Bitmap (raster)
black and white raster image for printing or displaying on a monitor;
not appropriate for resizing in another program
Scalable (vector)
scalable black and white vector image for resizing in another program
Web Palette
best color for displaying images
on a Web page
System Palette
best color for displaying
wallpaper, multiple images, or a
presentation on a monitor
Optimized Palette
best for selecting the colors
closest to those in the image
Book Contents
Type of original
Color
Black and white
drawing
photograph
one-color tint image for printing
one-color tint image for displaying
on a Web page
one-color tint image for displaying
a presentation on a monitor
Index
HP PrecisionScan Pro User's Guide
Black and white
drawing
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