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4 • SETTING THE PHYSICAL SCAN PARAMETERS

ColorQuartet 5.0 Pro

4•Setting the physical scan parameters

Setting the output size and resolution

The Size & Resolution section of the Scan Setup window can be opened or closed by clicking on

the arrow symbol at its left.

What it means

• Size & Resolution is used for specifying the physical characteristics of the scan:

• It is also used for specifying two other related items:

How to do it

ColorQuartet offers five different modes for determining size and resolution, but several of

them are normally only used for outputting onto film recorders in the photo industry.

• For prepress output: If the image will be used for printing, use Enlargement & Ruling mode, Res

mode (for line art) or, if desired, File Size mode. See the explanations below.

• For RGB output: If the image will be used for RGB output (to a film recorder or certain color

printers): choose any of the options, depending on your equipment and/or the particular

scanning job (see below).

“Enlargement & Ruling” mode

1 • Type in the desired value for either Enlargement or Output Size and press the tab key to

• the desired output size or enlargement/reduction of the image.

• the screen ruling (a regular pattern of tiny dots imposed on the image at

output to make it printable).

• Quality factor (the number of electronic samples taken for each line of the

screen ruling).

• Scan resolution (the scan resolution calculated by ColorQuartet should nor-

mally not be changed).