Xerox DocuMate 3920
User’s Guide
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Black&White Multi-Level (Gray): Choose “ON” if you wish to make gray copies or OFF to make a
B&W (single-bit) scan.
• If you choose ON from Multi-Level (Gray), the file formats include PDF, JPEG,
TIFF, and MTIFF. If TIFF or MTIFF is selected as your file format, the
compression Level is limited to Raw only.
• If you choose OFF from Multi-Level (Gray), the file formats include PDF, TIFF,
and MTIFF. The compression Level of MTIFF or TIFF includes G3, G4, and Raw.
Options:
1. Multi-Level (Gray): ON, OFF
2. File format: PDF, TIFF, MTIFF(Multi-page TIFF)
3. Compression Level: Low, Medium, High
File Formats
PDF PDF (Portable Document Format) is a very popular file format used by Adobe. You can
view PDF files using Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader.
TIFF/MTIFF TIFF (The Tagged-Image File Format) is a flexible bitmap image format supported by
virtually all paint, image-editing, and page-layout applications. Also, virtually all desk-
top scanners can produce TIFF images.
JPEG JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) compression provides the best results with
continuous-tone color and the smallest file size.
The following is an example of file size based on selected scanning options and file format.
Color: A4 @ 200 dpi TIFF (10 MB) / PDF (53 KB) / JPEG (212 KB)
B&W: A4 @ 200 dpi TIFF (100 KB) / PDF (20 KB) / JPEG (5 MB)
Option Description