Re: [umax] Can't use 10-bit scan: "preview cannot handle depth 16"

Michael Sweet (mike@easysw.com)
Wed, 06 May 1998 20:28:26 -0400

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Oliver.Rauch@Wolfsburg.DE wrote:
> ...
> There is no graphic card that can handle more than 8 bits/color
> (= 24 bits/pixel), so you don't have a need of it. The only
> sense of more than 8 bits/color is if you like to do color manipulation
> after the scan.

There are several PC graphics cards and many UNIX workstations that
provide 32-48 bits per pixel. The current limit for X-based systems
is 32-bits per pixel.

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