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5 Choose an image format from the File Format pop-up menu.
PICT
(default setting): A widely used format that is compatible with most
Macintosh applications (uses ColorSync).
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group, a format that compresses files and
lets you choose compression versus quality.
Photoshop
A format that supports all available Adobe Photoshop image
modes.
TIFF
Tagged-Image File Format, a format used to exchange documents
between different computer systems (for example, between Macintosh and
Windows computers). This format is recommended when you scan text.
EPS
Encapsulated PostScript
™
, a format supported by most illustration and
page-layout applications.
Windows BMP
A format commonly used on MS-DOS and MS-Windows
computers.
GIF
A format used on the Internet, GIF supports only 256 colors or grays.
6 Click Save.
The Macintosh stores the image in the folder you chose.
When you next view the folder as an archive, this image and others in the
folder will appear as thumbnails—small representations of full-size images.
The thumbnails make it easy for you to identify the images you’ve scanned.
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Scanning Images
An image archive.
Scanned images
appear as thumbnails.