Operator panel

A panel containing the scanner indicators and buttons. The operator panel is used to control scanner operations such as loading document selecting features, and changing setup options.

Outline extraction

The boundary between black and white areas is traced and the outline extracted for closed areas.

RS-232C interface

A type of serial interface. See Serial interface.

Serial interface

A standard computer interface. Information is transferred between devices over a single wire (although other wires are used for control). With a serial interface, an interface cable greater than 3 meters (10 feet) can be used. This is often necessary in networking environments, where the scanner may be shared.

Smoothing

Smoothing eliminates jaggies from slanted lines and curves. Irregular convexities are deleted and irregular concavities filled in. This is useful in OCR applications, for example.

Temporary error

A status which the operator can recover, such as paper jam, hopper empty, cover open, pick miss.

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