[sane-devel] color depth Q:

[Oliver Rauch]

Hi Jeff,

the definition of bit depth is bits/sample.

So in RGB mode this means 8bits/sample = 24 bits/pixel and
16 bits/sample = 48 bits/pixel. I do not think it is necessary
to use more than 16 bits/sample.

Bye
Oliver

Jeff Johnson schrieb:
> 
> Most of the front ends i have seen so far (XSane, XScanimage, Iscan...)
> Either only have 8 or 16 bit as an option for color depth or have no
> selection at all.  I wonder is there anything i need to do in order to
> scan above 16 bit?
> 
> btw: scanner="epson 1650 photo"
> 
> Thanks
> -jeff
> 
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