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HP PrecisionScan Pro User’s Guide 64
Scanning pictures Book Contents Index
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Suggestions for choosing output type
Type of original
Output Type
Color
photograph
Color
drawing
Black and white
photograph
Black and white
drawing
True Color
millions of colors (24-bit color)
best color image for printing one-color tint image for printing
Grayscale
8-bit (256 shades of gray)
grayscale image for printing or displaying on a monitor
Black & White
1-bit black
and white
(only black
and white)
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
256 Color
8-bit color
(256 shades
of color)
Web Palette
best color for displaying images
on a Web page
one-color tint image for displaying
on a Web page
System Palette
best color for displaying
wallpaper, multiple images, or a
presentation on a monitor
one-color tint image for displaying
a presentation on a monitor
Optimized Palette
best for selecting the colors
closest to those in the image