Imaging of cheques can be based on various technology options. The cheque images can be black and white, Grey Scale or coloured. Black and White images do not reveal all the SUBTLE features that are there in the cheques. Coloured Images increase storage and network BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS.

So it was decided that the electronic images of truncated cheques will be in gray scale technology. There will be three images of the cheques i.e. front grey, front black & white and BACK black & white which will be made available to member banks.

The image specifications are:

• Image Type Minimum DPI FORMAT Compression
• Front Grayscale 100 DPI JFIF JPEG
• Front Black & White 200 DPI TIFF CCITT G4
• Reverse Black & White 200 DPI TIFF CCITT G4
• The image quality of the Grey Scale image shall be 8 bits/pixel (256 levels).

Imaging of cheques can be based on various technology options. The cheque images can be black and white, Grey Scale or coloured. Black and White images do not reveal all the subtle features that are there in the cheques. Coloured Images increase storage and network bandwidth requirements.

So it was decided that the electronic images of truncated cheques will be in gray scale technology. There will be three images of the cheques i.e. front grey, front black & white and back black & white which will be made available to member banks.

The image specifications are: