Types of bitmap images

The type and tag of bitmap images to be printed using RTIFF must satisfy the following conditions:

Monochrome image of 1 sample, 1 bit (dual colors) per pixel

Tag	Condition
BitsPerSample (258)	This tag is not included, or the value is set to 1.
PhotometricInterpretation (262)	The value is set to either of the following according to the correspondence of pixel sample value and color. When the minimum pixel sample value represents white and maximum sample value represents black: 0 When the minimum pixel sample value represents black and maximum sample value represents white: 1
SamplesPerPixel (277)	This tag is not included, or the value is set to 1.
FillOrder (266)	This tag is not included, or the value is set to either of the following according to the strip data storage method. When the strip data is stored in MSBtoLSB bit order within the pertinent byte: 1 When the strip data is stored in LSBtoMSB bit order within the pertinent byte: 2

Grey scale image of 1 sample, 4 bits (16 colors) per pixel

Tag	Condition
BitsPerSample (258)	The value is set to 4.
PhotometricInterpretation (262)	The value is set to either of the following according to the correspondence of pixel sample value and color. When the minimum pixel sample value represents white and maximum sample value represents black: 0 When the minimum pixel sample value represents black and maximum sample value represents white: 1
SamplesPerPixel (277)	This tag is not included, or the value is set to 1.
FillOrder (266)	This tag is not included, or the value is set to 1.

Grey scale image of 1 sample, 8 bits (256 colors) per pixel

Tag	Condition
BitsPerSample (258)	The value is set to 8.
PhotometricInterpretation (262)	The value is set to either of the following according to the correspondence of pixel sample value and color. When the minimum pixel sample value represents white and the maximum sample value represents black: 0 When the minimum pixel sample value represents black and the maximum sample value represents white: 1
SamplesPerPixel (277)	This tag is not included, or the value is set to 1.
FillOrder (266)	This tag is not included, or the value is set to 1.

Pallet color image of 1 sample, 4 bits (16 colors) per pixel

Tag	Condition
BitsPerSample (258)	The value is set to 4.
PhotometricInterpretation (262)	The value is set to 3.
SamplesPerPixel (277)	This tag is not included, or the value is set to 1.
FillOrder (266)	This tag is not included, or the value is set to 1.
Colormap (320)	The value points to the appropriate RGB color map data.

Pallet color image of 1 sample, 8 bits (256 colors) per pixel

Tag	Condition
BitsPerSample (258)	The value is set to 8.
PhotometricInterpretation (262)	The value is set to 3.
SamplesPerPixel (277)	This tag is not included, or the value is set to 1.
FillOrder (266)	This tag is not included, or the value is set to 1.
Colormap (320)	The value points to the appropriate RGB color map data.

RGB full color image of 3 samples, 24 bits (1.678 million colors) per pixel

Tag	Condition
BitsPerSample (258)	The value is set to “8,8,8”.
PhotometricInterpretation (262)	The value is set to 2 (RGB) or 6 (YCbCr).
SamplesPerPixel (277)	The value is set to 3.
FillOrder (266)	This tag is not included, or the value is set to 1.
PlanarConfiguration (284)	This tag is not included, or the value is set to either of the following according to the image data storage method. When the image data is stored by pixel: 1 (Recommended) When the image data is stored by color plane: 2