DocuMate 3115User’s Guide53Image FormatsSelect an image file format for photos, artwork or other documents that you want to save as images.BMP and TIFF are standard image file formats generally used if you want to do additional imageprocessing, such as photo touch-up or color correction. Both of those file formats tend to be larger thanthe JPG format.Because JPG image files can be reduced in size, the JPG format is often used for images on web pages,or if file size might be a problem when electronically sending the files. JPG files are reduced in size bylowering their image quality, and you can select the degree of quality for your scanned images fromthe JPG file format icon.The PDF format is often used to create images of text pages. You may want to select PDF as the formatwhen scanning text pages that do not require OCR processing or other processing. The PDF format isalso used to put multi-page documents on web sites as pdf-readable files. As with the JPG option, thePDF format can be reduced in size or quality.To select a JPEG or PDF file size:1. Select JPG or PDF as the page format.2. Right-click on the JPG or PDF icon.A menu opens.3. Choose the file size/image quality option for your scanned images.Minimize Size—Smallest file size, lowest image quality.Normal—Medium file size, some loss of image quality.Maximize Quality—Largest file size, no loss of image quality.Your selection pertains only to the button currently selected on the One Touch Properties window.Other buttons that have JPG or PDF selected as the Page Format are not affected, so you can setthe JPG or PDF file size/image quality independently for each button.4. Click OK or Apply on the One Touch Properties window.Text FormatsSelecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scanning.Therefore, when you scan a document with the text format selected, the text portions of the documentare automatically converted to editable text.
