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Black/White Multi-Level (Gray): Choose “ON” if you wish to make gray
copies or OFF to make a B&W (single-bit) copy.
Choice:
1. Multi-Level (Gray): ON, *OFF
2. File format: *PDF, MTIFF(Multi-page TIFF), TIFF
3. Compression Level: *Low, Medium, High
(If you choose ON from Multi-Level (Gray), the file formats
include PDF, JPEG, TIF, MTIF, and JPEG_EXIF. If TIF or MTIFF
is selected as your file format, the compression Level is limited
to Raw only.
If you choose OFF from Multi-Level (Gray), the file formats
include PDF, TIF, and MTIF. The compression Level of MTIF or
TIF includes G3, G4, and Raw.)
* Factory Default
Explanation of file format:
PDF PDF(Portable Document Format) is a very popular file format
used by Adobe. You can view PDF files using Adobe Acrobat
or Adobe Reader.
TIFF/MTIFF TIFF (The Tagged-Image File Format) is a flexible bitmap
image format supported by virtually all paint, image-editing,
and page-layout applications. Also, virtually all desktop
scanners can produce TIFF images.
JPEG JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) compression
provides the best results with continuous-tone color and the
smallest file size.
JPEG_EXIF Exchangeable image file format for digital cameras.
The following table gives you an idea of file size v.s. file format
File Format TIFF PDF JPEG
File Size (A4, Color, @200 dpi) 10M 53KB 212KB