Xerox 5252 User Manual

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Grain/image size
The size of an original scanned image is also important to the 
clarity of the output image. If an image is enlarged too much, the 
grain of the image may become obvious, detracting from the 
image quality. In digital photographs, the grain introduced by 
scanning limits how large an image can be successfully enlarged.
The guidelines below show the maximum recommended 
enlargement for a few standard sizes.   
Getting the color you expect
Our eyes are sensitive enough to perceive thousands of different 
colors in the spectrum of visual light, including many colors that 
cannot be displayed on a color monitor. The color range, or color 
gamut, that can be printed with dry ink/toner is even more limited.
Understanding the color gamut is especially important when you 
compare how different technologies and output devices use light 
to reflect color images with what we see on a printed page. As 
colors move from the scanner to the screen to the press, they are 
converted from one color model to another so you do not get in 
print exactly the same colors you see on the screen.
For this reason, when you are designing for printed output, you 
always need to think about what can be reproduced with dry ink/
toner on paper and not what you see on your monitor.
Original size
Print size
4 x 5 inch
11 x 17 
inch/A3
8 x 10 inch
24 x 36 inch