Scan Mode

By clicking on one of the options shown in the MODE listbox you can determine the information scope for a given scanning task. The parameters available on the selected scanner are displayed, for example:

Lineart (OCR, drawings)
Photo/Letter
Drop Photo
Halftone (Screening=Output for printers) (*)
16 grey levels
64 grey levels
256 grey levels (IES, 3D-OCR
• False colours (with grey level scanners)
8 colours
8 colours halftone
256 colours
256 colours (diffusion)
True colours (RGB)
True colours (CMYK) (only available in certain applications)

(*) depends on scanner type

Corresponding to the selected scan mode a register card with additional settings is displayed.

Further information about the register card are given under the related headword chapter.