File Format

by www.printcountry.com                                                           

           When scanning images, the intended use of the image is important. Are you planning on printing it, sending it as an email or using it on the web? Knowing what you want to do with the scanned image will help you choose the right format for your image. The most common file formats for images are tiff, gif, jpg, bmp and psd (Photoshop).

Scanning for Print

    If you are going to print out your scanned image, save it as a tif or bmp. The quality of gifs and jpgs in printed documents is inferior to tifs and bmps.

Scanning for Web

    If you are going to use your scanned image on the web, save it as a gif or jpg file.
If it is a simple graphic image, save it as a gif file. If you will be scanning photos, save them as jpg files.

Multi-Purpose Scanning

    If you are going to both print your scanned image and use it on the web, then save it in a high quality format (psd, tif, or bmp). If needed, you can always open this file later and save it as a web image.

NOTE: At KS Digital our preferred file format would be TIFF, PSD or BMP. But we still accept JPG images.

File Format Chart

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