Dither

Select the halftone pattern for halftone scanning. This setting is available when “Black and White” is selected in the “Mode”.

Pattern 1

This setting is suitable for scanning dark photographs.

Pattern 2

This setting is suitable for scanning dark-colored documents containing

 

both text and photographs.

Pattern 3

This setting is suitable for scanning light photographs.

Pattern 4

This setting is suitable for scanning light-colored documents containing

 

both text and photographs.

Error Diffusion

This function minimizes the differences of color levels.

Cropping

Select how to crop scanned documents to output.

Fixed

Outputs the document in the specified size.

Detect Length

Detects the rear end of the document to scan the whole length of the

 

document. When shorter pages are included in the document, the output

 

images of them are adjusted to the original size.

Automatic

Automatically detects the paper size of the document and outputs in the

 

original size. In addition, document skews are automatically detected

 

and corrected to output the image data.

Deskew

Corrects document skews after scanning to output correct image data.

Long page

Scans long documents and outputs the deskewed / cropped image data.

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 100 (high [sharp]). Increasing this value makes the contrast sharper.

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