Settings in the scanner window, Image, Settings in the scanner window -16 – Brother MFC-7820N User Manual
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Settings in the Scanner window
Image
Resolution
From the Resolution pop-up menu choose the scanning resolution. Higher resolutions use more memory 
and transfer time, but produce a finer scanned image. The following list shows the resolution you can choose.
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100
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100 dpi
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150
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150 dpi
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200
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200 dpi
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300
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300 dpi
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400
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400 dpi
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600
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600 dpi
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1200
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1200 dpi
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2400
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2400 dpi (not available for MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N)
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4800
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4800 dpi (not available for MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N)
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9600
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9600 dpi (not available for MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N)
Color Type
Black & White—Set the image Type to Black and White for 
text or line art. For photographic images, set the image type 
to Gray (Error diffusion) or True Gray.
Gray (Error Diffusion)—is used for documents that have 
photographic images or graphics. (Error Diffusion is a method 
for creating simulated gray images without using true gray 
dots. Black dots are placed in a specific pattern to give the 
appearance of gray.)
True Gray—is used for documents with photographic images 
or graphics. This mode is more exact because it uses up to 
256 shades of gray. It requires the most memory and takes 
the longest transfer time.
Colors (not available for MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N)—Choose either 8-bit Color, which scans up to 8-bit 
Color or 24-bit color which scans up to 16.8 million colors. Although using 24-bit color creates an image with 
the most accurate colors, the image file will be about three times larger than a file created with 8-bit Color.