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List of output types To reset output type
On the Output Type menu, click Automatically Set Type. The 
software chooses the best output type based on the image inside the 
selection area.
For these uses
Use this output 
type
Color photos or drawings with lots of shading to be: 
● printed on a color printer
● displayed on a color monitor set to millions of colors
● displayed on Web and saved in the JPEG or PNG file 
format
True Color 
Color photos or drawings with shading to be:
● printed to a color printer
● sent via e-mail
● used in any way that requires a small file size
● viewed on a computer screen
Optimized Palette
Color photos or drawings with shading to be:
● printed to a color printer
● displayed on a monitor set to 256 colors
● displayed on Web and saved as a GIF file
System Palette
Color photos or drawings with shading to be printed to a 
B&W printer.
Grayscale
B&W photos and drawings with shading to be used for any 
purpose.
Grayscale
B&W drawings without shading to be placed in another 
program without resizing in the other program.
Black & White 
Bitmap
Any image to be saved in GIF file format and displayed on 
the Web.
Web Palette
Color drawings or logos without much shading and with a 
concentrated area of a single color. The image is to be used 
for any purpose.
Spot Color