Chapter 9 Operational Settings

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Specifying a Color to Drop Out [Dropout color]

By using the "Dropout Color" function, you can scan documents with the specified color removed from the light's three primary colors which are red, green, and blue.

For instance, when you scan a document containing black text with a green background, you can output an image of black text only.

z Dropout colors can only be specified in black & white or grayscale mode.

z Dropout works best with light (low intensity) colors, and dark colors may not drop out.

1 Start up the Software Operation Panel.

Refer to "9.1 Starting Up the Software Operation Panel" (page 170).

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From the listing on the left, select [Device Setting 2] J [Dropout color].

Select a color to drop out.

Red, Green, Blue: Red, green, or blue is dropped out.

None: No color is dropped out.

When connected via SCSI or USB connector 1, the Software Operation Panel allows you to select colors from red, green, and blue only. To drop out other colors, configure the settings in the scanner driver. For information on how to configure settings by the scanner driver, refer to "Excluding Colors from Images (Dropout Color)" (page 88).

zThis setting can also be configured from the scanner driver’s setup dialog box. Note that priority is given to the scanner driver setting.

zThis setting does NOT appear when Kofax VRS is used.

Contents

Index

Introduction

Scanner

Overview

How to Load Documents

Configuring the Scan Settings

How to Use the Operator Panel

Various Ways to Scan

Daily Care

Replacing Consumables

Troubleshooting

Operational Settings

Appendix Glossary

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