If you’re scanning an original on the scanner’s document table with the optional auto document feeder installed, select Flatbed as the Document Source option; see Selecting Basic Settings for instructions.

For more information on the Image Type setting, see Customizing Image Types.

2Select the correct Image Type setting for your document as described in the table below. For example, if you’ll be using an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) application to process your scanned document, select the OCR setting.

Setting

Type of image

 

 

Color Photo

For color photographs

 

 

256 Colors

For 256 color images, such as presentation

 

graphics you’ll be displaying on a computer

 

monitor

 

 

Black & White Photo

For black and white photographs

 

 

Line Art

For black line drawings

 

 

OCR

For black text that will be input into an OCR

 

application; optionally uses the Text

 

Enhancement Technology feature

 

 

Copy & Fax

For text and graphic images in a document that

 

you intend to copy or fax; uses the Auto Area

 

Segmentation feature