1. Apparatus for selecting image processing by either text mode or continuous tone mode, said apparatus comprising: means for differentiating between text and continuous tone pixels, and for generating a preliminary discrimination signal; means, operable upon the preliminary discrimination signal for a pixel of interest, for creating a final discrimination signal by changing a continuous tone preliminary decision to a text decision if the pixel of interest is within a predetermined distance of a text pixel; and means for selecting (1) text mode image processing when the final discrimination signal is a text decision, and (2) continuous tone image processing when the final discrimination signal is a continuous tone decision.