Halftone

Select the halftone pattern for halftone scanning. This setting is available when "Black & White" is selected in the "Image Mode".

Dither Pattern 0

This setting is suitable for scanning dark photo-

 

graphs.

Dither Pattern 1

This setting is suitable for scanning dark-colored

 

documents containing both text and photographs.

Dither Pattern 2

This setting is suitable for scanning light photo-

 

graphs.

Dither Pattern 3

This setting is suitable for scanning light-colored

 

documents containing both text and photographs.

Error Diffusion

This function minimizes differences of color levels

 

due to subtractive color process by diffusing the dif-

 

ference to the adjacent pixels. This mode is suitable

 

for scanning images of photographs, etc.

Download

Executes processing with the dithered download pat-

 

tern specified in the dithered download file.

Brightness

Sets the brightness of the entire image. Specify the brightness as a number within the range of 1 (dark) to 255 (bright). To brighten the entire image, increase the value of the setting. To darken the entire image, decrease the value.

Contrast

Sets the contrast between light and shadow of the scanned image. Specify the contrast as a number within the range of 1 (low [soft]) to 255 (high [sharp]). Increasing this value makes the contrast sharper.

Scan Type

Selects the scanning method.

Automatic

Detects the document loaded onto the scanner and

 

determines automatically whether to scan from the

 

ADF, or from the Flatbed.

Flatbed

Scans the document placed on the flatbed.

ADF (Front Side)

Scans only the front sides of documents.

ADF (Back Side)

Scans only back sides of documents.

ADF (Duplex)

Scans both front and the back sides of documents.

 

When this option is selected, the both sides of docu-

 

ments are scanned simultaneously. This option can be

 

used only for the models that support duplex scanning.

Paper Size

Selects a paper size according to the size of the document to be scanned. Select a standard paper size from the list.

Paper Layout

Specifies orientation of the documents as portrait or landscape.

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