Selecting a File Format

You can select from four file formats into which documents are converted: <PDF>, <PDF (Compact)>, <JPEG>, and <TIFF>. Scanned documents are converted into the file format specified here, and then stored in the USB memory device.

Connect the USB memory device

Select <USB Memory>

Select a file format

<PDF>

Converts a scanned document into a PDF file with no file size reduction.

<PDF (Compact)>

Converts a scanned document into a PDF file with a reduced file size than that of <PDF>.

NOTE:

<PDF (Compact)> compresses photos and illustrations on documents more than <PDF>. The file will be smaller, but the image quality of some documents or the number of documents that can be scanned at once may be lower. If you select <PDF (Compact)>, you can specify the compression level. Specifying Image Quality Settings for <PDF (Compact)>

<JPEG>

The scanned document is converted into a JPEG file.

<TIFF>

The scanned document is converted into a TIFF file.

NOTE

For the resolutions of each file format are as follows:

File format	Resolution (Color)	Resolution (Black and White)
<PDF>	200 dpi *1	300 dpi *2
<PDF (Compact)>	Text: 300dpi Background: 150 dpi	Text: 300dpi Background: 150 dpi
<JPEG>	300 dpi	300 dpi
<TIFF>	300 dpi *1	300 dpi *2
1 JPEG Compression 2 MMR Compression

Specifying Image Quality Settings for <PDF (Compact)>

Select the type of your documents

Specify the settings

<Level in Text/Photo Mode or Photo Mode>

Suitable when scanning documents that contain photos.

<Level in Text Mode>

Suitable when scanning documents that only contain text.

<Data Size Priority>

The data size is highly compressed and reduced, but the image quality is low.

<Normal>

The compression ratio and the image quality are adjusted to an intermediate setting between <Data Size Priority> and <Image Quality Priority>.

<Image Quality Priority>

The image quality improves, but the data compression ratio decreases and data size becomes large.

Scanning Documents Directly to USB Memory