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type="guide"
id="dpi">
<info>
<revision pkgversion="3.35.90" date="2020-02-07"/>
<credit type="author" its:translate="no">
<name>Robert Ancell</name>
<email>robert.ancell@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="author" its:translate="no">
<name>Ali Shtarbanov</name>
<email>ametedinov@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
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<link type="guide" xref="index#acquire"/>
</info>
<title>Setting the Scan Resolution</title>
<p>
The default resolution for document type <gui><em>Text</em></gui> is 150 dpi (dots per inch)
and for document type <gui><em>Image</em></gui> is 300 dpi. To change these settings:
</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>In <gui style="group">Quality</gui> section change the <gui>Text Resolution</gui> or <gui>Image Resolution</gui> value.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Close the dialog.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<p>The available scanning resolutions for both document types (Text and Image) are the same
and are listed in the following table:</p>
<table frame="bottom left right" rules="rows cols" shade="rows">
<tr>
<td><p><em>Text Resolution</em></p></td>
<td><p><em>Image Resolution</em></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>75 dpi (draft)</p></td>
<td><p>75 dpi (draft)</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>150 dpi (default)</p></td>
<td><p>150 dpi</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>200 dpi</p></td>
<td><p>200 dpi</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>300 dpi</p></td>
<td><p>300 dpi (default)</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>600 dpi</p></td>
<td><p>600 dpi</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>1200 dpi (high resolution)</p></td>
<td><p>1200 dpi (high resolution)</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>2400 dpi</p></td>
<td><p>2400 dpi</p></td>
</tr>
</table>
<note style="important"><p><gui><em>Text</em></gui> documents are always scanned in black
and white, while <gui><em>Image</em></gui> documents are always scanned in color, at any
resolution!</p>
</note>
</page>
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