Type and Path . Type A pop-up menu in the front panel that lets you select how the image is to be scanned and processed. The Type pop-up menu provides image type selections. Black and white and color options for both drawings and photos are available. Color and Black and White do not refer to the content of the image being scanned.
Drawing is used for images with large areas of a single color.
Line art, logos, and solid color images are examples of the kinds of images to be scanned with a Drawing image type. Files created with a Drawing image type can be edited easily in an image editor. Photo is used for images with many shades of gray or color. A photo image type is used to scan images that are to be printed or displayed on imagesetters or color screens. Also, use a photo image type to scan an image that is to be edited.