Canon CanoScan FS2700F User Manual - Page 30

Selecting the Image Type

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Step 2 • Scanning Selecting the Image Type The image type setting is used to select between 24bit color, grayscale or black and white. Select an image type from the settings menu most suited to the type of film and the way in which it will be used. Right-click the settings display area Click the [Settings] button or click the [Settings] menu and select [Image Type]. Position the mouse cursor over an option and click to select it. The menu will close and the new selection will appear in the settings display area. Scans at 8-bits per RGB channel. Use this setting for standard color images. Scans at 12-bits per RGB channel when CanoCraft FS is started as a TWAIN driver from a TWAIN-compliant application. Use this setting for high-resolution color images. Scans with 8-bit grayscale reproduction. Use this setting for standard grayscale images. Scans with 12-bit grayscale reproduction when CanoCraft FS is started as a TWAIN driver from a TWAIN-compliant application. Use this setting when high-resolution grayscale images are required. Scans with black and white, two-color reproduction. A check mark will appear beside the selected setting. • The color image type setting cannot be selected when the film type is set to monochrome film. • At 2720 dpi, 35 mm color film scanned at the 36-bit color setting yields a file approximately 58 megabytes. At the 24-bit color setting, it is approximately 29 megabytes; at the 12-bit grayscale setting, 19.6 megabytes; at the 8-bit grayscale setting, 9.8 megabytes; and at the black and white setting, 1.2 megabytes. • The 12-bit grayscale and 36-bit color settings are not available with the CanoScan 2700F model. 30

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Step 2 • Scanning
Click the [Settings] button or click the
[Settings] menu and select [Image Type].
Selecting the Image Type
The image type setting is used to select between 24bit color, grayscale or black and
white. Select an image type from the settings menu most suited to the type of film
and the way in which it will be used.
Position the mouse cursor over an option and click to select it. The menu will close
and the new selection will appear in the settings display area.
The color image type setting cannot be selected when the film type is set to
monochrome film.
At 2720 dpi, 35 mm color film scanned at the 36-bit color setting yields a file
approximately 58 megabytes. At the 24-bit color setting, it is approximately
29 megabytes; at the 12-bit grayscale setting, 19.6 megabytes; at the 8-bit
grayscale setting, 9.8 megabytes; and at the black and white setting, 1.2
megabytes.
The 12-bit grayscale and 36-bit color settings are not available with the
CanoScan 2700F model.
Right-click the settings
display area
Scans at 8-bits per RGB channel. Use this setting for standard color images.
Scans at 12-bits per RGB channel when CanoCraft FS is started as a TWAIN
driver from a TWAIN-compliant application.
Use this setting for
high-resolution color images.
Scans with 8-bit grayscale reproduction. Use this setting for standard
grayscale images.
Scans with 12-bit grayscale reproduction when CanoCraft FS is started as a
TWAIN driver from a TWAIN-compliant application. Use this setting when
high-resolution grayscale images are required.
Scans with black and white, two-color reproduction.
A check mark will appear beside the selected setting.