Epson ActionScanner II Scanner User Manual


 
6 Term Glossary
Line Sequence
A type of color scanning that separates primary colors line by
line. The carriage makes only one pass.
Lossy
A data compression system that intentionally discards (or loses)
some data from the original image.
Midtone
The tonal value of a dot, located approximately halfway between
the highlight value and the shadow value.
Moiré
An unwanted interference pattern that can occur when a
halftone image is scanned or when it is scaled in an application
after it has been scanned.
Monochrome
Black and white images, or images represented only by the
intensity of luminosity.
Page Sequence
A type of color scanning in which the entire image is scanned
once for each separation color. The carriage makes three passes.
Path
The directory and subdirectories you specify to locate a file. For
example, the path for the TWAIN directory in Windows may be
C:\WINDOWS\TWAIN.
PCX
PC Paintbrush file format.
Pixel
Picture Element. Each image is composed of a number of pixels.
Pixels are sometimes called dots.
Pixel Depth
An EPSON TWAIN setting that lets you select the amount of
color information in a file.