6.9.2 Color Mode

Set whether the document is scanned in "color" or "black and white".

1.On the [Scan Settings] window, select the [Basic] tab.

2.Press the [Color Mode] button.

DThe [Color Mode] window appears.

3.Select the color mode.

DThis returns you to the [Scan Settings] window. The selected mode is displayed to the right of the [Color Mode] button.

zUsually, the color mode should be set as [Auto].

If this setting is specified, there is no need to change the color mode each time you scan a document.

Note that black and white mode may be automatically selected for the following kinds of documents:

z Off-white papers

z Documents with only a minor amount of color

z Documents printed in gray or other close-to-black colors

Sections of 16 mm from top, bottom, left, and right edges of a document are out of the range for automatic mode selection (for the smaller sizes of business card, postcard, A6 and B6, 4 mm from the edges), so that the shades of document edges or punched holes can be avoided.

To ensure such documents are scanned in color mode, press the [RGB Color] button on the [Color Mode] window.

zA black & white document containing a shaded table can be recognized as gray.

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