HP 4400C HP Scanjet 4400C/5400C Series Scanner Windows - (English) User Manual - Page 64
Image file formats, Text or text-and-image file formats, Editable Text OCR, Rich Text .rtf.
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Back to TOC Image file formats l Bitmap (.bmp). Often a good choice because Windows itself and most Windows programs accept the .bmp file type. l FlashPix (.fpx). A FlashPix file contains a complete image plus several lower resolution copies of that image. The advantage of the FlashPix file format over other file formats is that a program can automatically select the best resolution for a particular job to make editing and using images faster and easier. Cannot be used with 256-color output types. l GIF (.gif). GIF is a compressed file format suitable for an image that will be used on the Web or on multiple platforms. You can save your GIF file as an interlaced GIF. Cannot be used with True Color output type. l JPEG (.jpg). JPEG is a compressed file format for images. Its strengths are small file sizes and speed. The trade-off for these advantages, though, is reduced image quality. Because each time an image is compressed with JPEG it loses a little of the image data, avoid compressing a file with JPEG more than once. JPEG is an appropriate file format for an image that will be used on the Web or on multiple platforms. You can save your JPEG file as a progressive JPEG. When used on a Web page, a progressive JPEG is initially sent as just every other line, with the remaining lines sent immediately after. This allows a (somewhat blurry) image to display sooner. Most people prefer this. JPEG can be used only with True Color and Grayscale output types. l PNG (.png). A compressed image file format that might replace GIF. Like GIF, PNG uses non-lossy compression, which means all the visual data is saved and restored when the file is decompressed. Unlike GIF, PNG can be used with the True Color output type, as well as grayscale ones. Scanning from HP Precisionscan Pro 63 l TIFF (.tif). Usually created by scanners, TIFF files are widely accepted by programs that work with photographs and other images. A TIFF file is a bitmapped graphic (also called a raster graphic) and can be any resolution. TIFF image files can be used on multiple platforms. l TIFF compressed (.tif). TIFF compressed files for images are smaller than standard TIFF files. l PCX image (.pcx). The PCX file format is for images used in Windows programs such as PC Paintbrush and Paint. l Windows Metafile (.wmf). The Microsoft Windows Metafile file format is used for scalable (vector) images in Windows programs. It is only available for images using the Black & White Scalable (vector) output type. Text or text-and-image file formats l HTML (.htm). HTML is useful for text and graphics that will be viewed on the World Wide Web. When this format is selected for a scanned image containing both text and images, the text is converted to editable text and is saved as HTML, and the graphics are saved as GIF or JPEG files. l PDF (.pdf). PDF is a format useful for text, photos, and drawings. Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to view .pdf files. If no changes need to be made to the file, this file type is useful for sharing (as through e-mail) and filing because of its generally small file size. l Rich Text (.rtf). The .rtf format can be used with a page that contains text or text and pictures. The formatting of text in an .rtf file can usually be retained and then interpreted by other programs. l Text (.txt). Use .txt file format for saving only the text in the selection area and when you are using the Editable Text (OCR) output type. Text will be editable, unformatted, ASCII text.