Chapter 8 ISIS/TWAIN Driver Settings

Page Size

Select the page size of the document to be scanned.

IMPORTANT

•Select [Auto-detection] to scan the following kinds of documents.

–Documents of a non-standard size

–Documents including mixed page sizes

–When using the Long document mode (See “Long Document Mode” on p. 4-2)

•When [Auto-detection] is selected, area settings in the Scan Area dialog box are disabled.

•The [Auto-detection] process may malfunction in the following situations. If this occurs, select a standard size such as [A4] or [Letter], or click the [Area] button to create a custom page size. (See “Scan Area Dialog Box” on p. 8-9.)

–When scanning a page that has dark areas around the edges

–When the brightness setting is incorrect

–When the Custom setting is selected in the Gamma Settings dialog box

•Some application programs do not support auto-page-size detection.

Dots per inch

Select the scanning resolution.

Hint

Higher resolutions provide clearer images, but produce larger files.

Brightness

Adjust the brightness of images to be scanned.

Hint

•If images are too dark or if text on the back bleeds through, you can drag the slider to the right to increase the setting. If images are too light, drag the slider to the left to decrease the setting.

•When the [Custom] check box in the Gamma Settings dialog box is selected, the [Brightness] setting is grayed out and adjusted automatically.

•When [Black and White] is selected for the scanning mode, the [Auto] check box is enabled and the brightness is adjusted automatically when the check box is selected. You can adjust the automatically adjusted brightness by moving the slider left or right.

Contrast

Adjust the contrast of scanned images.

Hint

When the [Custom] check box in the Gamma Settings dialog box is selected, [Contrast] is set to [Auto] automatically. In such a case, [Contrast] is grayed out and cannot be set.

Scanning Side

Select which page side(s) to scan.

[Auto]

If there is a document in the feeder, one side of the document in the feeder is scanned. If there is no document in the feeder, the document on the flatbed is scanned.

Hint

To scan both sides of the document in the feeder, select [Duplex].

[Flatbed]

Scans the document on the flatbed.

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