How much hard drive space do images take?
Generally, you should have free hard disk space equal to three (3) times the size of the image file. To determine this for color images, multiply the image size by the scanning dpi (if color, then multiply that number by 3) and then multiply that total value by three. For example, a 4 x 6 print scanned at 300 dpi would require 20 MB of free disk space as shown below: [(4×300) (6×300]3 = image file size; image file size x 3 = needed hard drive space. • How can I reduce the size of the image files that I want to store on my hard drive? You can reduce the size of the image files by scanning at a lower resolution or saving the images in JPEG (compressed) format. However, in both cases, you sacrifice image quality for greater compression (smaller file size). • Why isn’t there an On/Off switch on the scanner? The PhotoDoc Color Scanner does not have an On/Off switch because the scanner must be on in order to supply power to its parallel pass-through port. If you attached a printer to the sca
