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36 Scanning from HP PrecisionScan Pro Back to TOC
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When Automatically Set Type is selected, the scanning software
automatically chooses an output type based on the type of item you
are scanning. However, you can change the output type yourself when
you want. Choose the output type based on how you will use the final
scanned image as well as the type of item you are scanning.
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1 Do one of the following:
● If it is not already selected, click Automatically Set Type on the
Output Type menu, to allow the software to choose the best
output type for this type of original item.
● To change the output type only for this scan, keep
Automatically Set Type selected and select an output type you
want from the Output Type menu. See List of output types"List
of output types" on page 36.
● To change the output type for this scan and all other scans in
this session, clear Automatically Set Type and select an output
type you want from the Output Type menu. See List of output
types"List of output types" on page 36.
● If you are scanning from a TWAIN compatible application, the
Spot Color, Black & White Scalable, Editable Text, and
Text & Image output types are not supported and appear greyed
out in the Output Type menu.
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For help choosing an output type, view the Guided Steps.
If they are not already displayed, click .
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For these uses
Use this output
type
Color photos or drawings with lots of shading to be:
● printed on a color printer
● displayed on a color monitor set to millions of colors
● displayed on Web and saved in the .jpg or .png file
format
True Color
(16.7 million
colors)
Color photos or drawings with shading to be:
● printed to a color printer
● sent via e-mail
● used in any way that requires a small file size
● viewed on a computer screen
256-Color
(optimized palette)
Color photos or drawings with shading to be printed to a
B&W printer.
Grayscale
B&W photos and drawings with shading to be used for any
purpose.
Grayscale
B&W drawings without shading to be placed in another
program without resizing in the other program.
Black & White
Bitmap
B&W drawings without shading to be resized in another
program.
Black & White
Scalable
Any image to be saved in .gif file format and displayed on the
Web.
256-Color (web
palette)
Text that needs to be editable in a word-processing program. Editable Text
(OCR)
Text that needs to be editable and graphics to be used. Text and Image
Color drawings or logos without much shading and with a
concentrated area of a single color. The image is to be used
for any purpose.
Spot Color (16-
color)