Welch Allyn Image Capture System - User Manual User Manual

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b. Captured Image File Format. This setting allows the user to choose the saved image

file format. Click the drop down arrow to choose a BMP, JPG, or TIFF format. The
Bitmap File Format (BMP) and Tag(ged) Image File Format (TIFF) are uncompressed
image file formats. Since BMP and TIFF file formats are uncompressed they require
more disk storage space than a compressed file format. To conserve disk storage
space, the Welch Allyn Image Capture System offers a JPEG (Joint Photographic
Experts Group) file format (JPG) which provides for a compressed file format. The
JPG file compression is irreversible. The compression ratio shall not exceed 10:1 and
is identified in the lower left-hand corner as “10:1 Q:12”.

BMP and TIFF images do not have the compression label applied when they are
created. If either one of these formats is later exported to JPG, the compression label
is applied to the new JPG file. If a JPG file is exported to BMP or TIFF format, the
BMP or TIFF will show the compression label because it was applied to the JPG
when it was created. Even though BMP and TIFF are not compressed, the converted
JPG still has loss and the label will identify this loss.

Save button keeps new settings.

Cancel button keeps previous settings.

Drop down menu
allows the user to
save the images
as a BMP, a JPG
or a TIFF file
format.