HP Scanjet 7450c HP Scanjet 7400C Series Scanner Windows - (English) User Manu - Page 123

Back to TOC The true resolution of a scanner, the resolution at which the scanner captures images. See also: interpolated resolution, resolution. A palette or color table that contains the pixel colors present in an image. The original document or picture to be scanned. The file that is generated by the scanning process. The actual height and width of an image when saved. You will not see the size changes to your image in the Preview area since image size affects only the final scan. The type of file that is generated during the scanning process. Output type reveals the bit depth of the image. 123 A bitmap file format (.pcx extension) supported by MS-DOS, Windows, UNIX, and other platforms, and numerous programs. Paintbrush files support 24-bit color and can have a maximum image size of 64,000 by 64,000 pixels. A subset of the color look-up table that establishes the colors that can be displayed on the monitor at a particular time. The only color depth that allows multiple palettes is the 256 (or 8-bit) color setting for your monitor. At a color depth of 256 colors, each program (or even each individual image used or edited in a program) can have a different color palette. The flashing that occurs when your monitor is set to a color depth of 256 colors and you switch programs. When you switch programs, the palette of the active program becomes the system palette, and all other programs redraw themselves as accurately as possible with the new colors. A program for sending electronic documents to someone's fax machine or PC fax program. Also allows receiving of faxed documents to the computer instead of a fax machine.