The
Resolution
setting, measured in dpi (dots per inch), controls the amount of
detail captured in your scans. Increasing the resolution raises the
amount of detailed captured but comes with the following
disadvantages:
- Larger file
sizes
- It takes
longer to scan your originals, send/receive your scans by email or
fax, and to print your scans
- The image may
become too large to fit on your display or print on paper
Select a Resolution setting based on how you plan to
use the scanned image:
- Email, view on
a computer screen, or post on the web: 96 to 150 dpi
- Print, fax,
convert to editable text (OCR), or create a text searchable PDF:
200 to 300 dpi
Note: If you plan
to enlarge a scanned image so you can print it at a larger size,
increase the resolution by the same amount you will increase the
image size to retain a high image quality. For example, if you
normally scan your image in its original size at 300 dpi but plan
to double the image size later, change the Resolution setting to
600 dpi. If you are scanning long documents, you may not be able to
scan above 300 dpi.