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Chapter 12
Solution 2: Wipe the glass and the back of the document lid
Solution: Turn off the product, unplug the power cord, and then use a soft cloth to wipe the glass and the back of the document lid.
Cause: Debris might have been stuck on the glass or on the back of the document lid. The product interprets anything it detects on the glass as part of the image.
Scan troubleshooting
Use this section to solve these scan problems:
•Scanned image is incorrectly cropped
•Scanned image shows dotted lines instead of text
•Text format is incorrect
•Text is incorrect or missing
Scanned image is incorrectly cropped
Solution: The autocropping feature in the software crops anything that is not part of the main image. Sometimes this might not be what you want. In that case, turn off autocropping in the software and crop the scanned image manually, or not at all.
Cause: The software was set to automatically crop scanned pictures.
Scanned image shows dotted lines instead of text
Solution: Make a
Cause: If you used the Text image type to scan text that you planned to edit, the scanner might not have recognized color text. The Text image type scans at 300 x 300 dpi, in black and white.
If you scanned an original that has graphics or artwork surrounding the text, the scanner might not have recognized the text.
Text format is incorrect
Solution: Some applications cannot handle framed text formatting. Framed text is one of the scan document settings in the software. It maintains complex layouts, such as multiple columns from a newsletter, by putting the text in different frames (boxes) in the destination application. In the software, select the correct format so that the scanned text layout and formatting are retained.
Cause: The scan document settings were incorrect.
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