HP X2 Document quality

Document quality

Document quality

Document quality is the primary factor in obtaining good copies from scanned originals. For most documents, the four Background Suppression key selections with DYNAMIC BACKGROUND REMOVAL enabled, which is the default setting, provides an accurate copy. Some documents, however, require manual adjustments to the settings to

This section explains the DYNAMIC BACKGROUND REMOVAL feature, describes the characteristics of good quality and bad quality documents, provides tips for preparing and organizing documents for scanning, and summarizes the procedures for scanning documents of different quality types.

Dynamic Background Removal

NOTE: DYNAMIC BACKGROUND Removal cannot be diasable (unchecked) when using the Productivity mode.

The DYNAMIC BACKGROUND REMOVAL eliminates the need to make additional manual adjustments for most input documents. Reference Menu, CONFIGURATION > IMAGE ENHANCEMENT.

This feature allows the system to dynamically adjust itself for each document. There are two modes associated with this feature:

∙When DYNAMIC BACKGROUND REMOVAL is enabled, the image is continually monitored as it is being scanned and the copy quality parameters adjusted to achieve the best copy quality.

∙When DYNAMIC BACKGROUND REMOVAL is not enabled, the process takes a 0.70 inch (17.8 mm) snapshot over the full width of the image after the first 1.5 inches scanned. It uses this fixed area to set the copy parameters for the remainder of the image being scanned. This operating mode should be used for documents with consistent background throughout.

DYNAMIC BACKGROUND REMOVAL only monitors the document in the process direction, from the lead edge to the trail edge. It cannot make adjustment from the left side to the right side of the document. For example, if the input document is dark, DYNAMIC BACKGROUND

XEROX WIDE FORMAT COPY SYSTEM

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Contents

Page Page Contents Making copies Scanning when using a Folder Scanning oversized documents Special features keys Scanning to the Network (SCAN mode) Main Menu Job Accounting Cleaning and maintenance - Scanner Problem solving Specifications Page Getting to know the WIDE FORMAT COPY SYSTEM NOTE Page Page Page Page Page Page Media Selection Image Quality Reduce/Enlarge OPTIONS KEYS Media Selection Control Panel Options Area Source Type Output Format Sheet Auto Bond Vellum/Tracing Film CUSTOM OUTPUT FORMAT ENTER CUSTOM MEDIA SIZE: 11.0 IN WIDTH (11.0 -36.0): LENGTH (8.3 – 1200.0): PRESET OUTPUT FORMAT SELECT: 8.5 X 11 ANSI A Image Quality Area Synchro INVALID MODE UPGRADE SCANNER FIRMWARE 100.0 %1 TIFF/CCITTG4 400 DPI SCAN OPTIONS (PHOTO) üPREVIEW COMPRESSION: RAW FORMAT: TIFF SCAN OPTIONS (COLOR) ü PREVIEW FORMAT: COMPRESSION: NORMAL Background Suppression Off Original, Type Menu IMAGE ENHANCEMENT COLOR IQ: SRGB COLOR IQ: NORMAL MODE: BEST IQ üDYNAMIC BACKGROUND REMOVAL Reduce/Enlarge Sheet PRESET REDUCTION/ENLARGEMENT SELECT: 100.0% Graphical Display and Navigation Keys READY TO COPY INSERT DOCUMENT Navigation Keys 100.0%1 READY TO SCAN 400 DPI Numeric Keypad and Special Features/Control Store Recall Printer Interrupt Numeric Keypad Special Features Keys Scan Control Keys Sets Build Store/Recall, Finisher Batch Initial power-on Switching on the Scan System Switching on the Controller and the Printer (XEROX WIDE FORMAT COPY SYSTEM 8825/8830/8850) Page Page Switching on the Printer and the Controller (X2 TECH) Scanner Warm-up 100.0 % Page Document quality Automatic edge detection and document centering What is a good quality document What is a bad quality document Page Original, Type Table 2. Scanning strategies for special documents Type of original First step to try Second step to try Set Background Suppression Normal. Select Photo for Suppression to (light) Type to Line Image Quality Type, Normal, Line, Photo Normal, Line IMAGING AUTO-ROTATE 4REDUCTION LINE PRESERVATION SRGB NORMAL MODE: Page SCAN OPTIONS (LINE) FILE FORMAT: SCAN OPTIONS (PHOTO) 4PREVIEW COMPRESSION: RAW Page FORMAT: TIFF COMPRESSION: INDEX FORMAT: JPEG NORMAL Light Dark Image Quality, Copy Page Making copies Page Background Transform Page SELECT Scanning when using a Folder Ready to Copy Finisher Screen Finisher Scanning oversized documents Special features keys Printer Interrupt Store/Recall STORE/RECALL LAST JOB JOB TEMPLATES SAVE DEFAULT TEMPLATE Last Job Recalling the Last Job Deleting the Last Job ARE YOU SURE ?:NO JOB PARAMETERS AND IMAGES FOR LAST JOB DELETED PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE Job Templates Recalling Job Templates Page Deleting Job Templates Page FINISHER FOLD PROGRAM TITLE BLOCK LOCATION OUTPUT BIN OVERLENGTH OPTION 100.0 %1 PROGRAM: USER PROGRAM TAB OPTIONS PUNCH OPTIONS MARGIN OPTIONS CROSSFOLD OPTIONS TITLE BLOCK LOCATION OUTPUT BIN SETS BUILD COLLATION:FORWARD READY TO BUILD SET INSERT DOCUMENT: 100.0 MEMORY READY TO PRINT SET PRESS START TO PRINT WIDTH FOUND FOR SET IS INPUT ANOTHER WIDTH OR PRESS ENTER TO ACCEPT TRANSFORM MENU MARGINS JUSTIFICATION TRANSFORM Margins LEAD + 1.0 IN LEFT + 0.0 IN RIGHT - 1.0 IN X:LEFT Y: CENTER Creating a Mirror Image Page MIRROR OFF INVERT ON Copy Mode Sample: SAMPLE MODE PRESS START TO ACCEPT PAGE PRESS C/CA TO REJECT Scan Mode Sample: 4SCAN IMAGE TO FILE SCAN IMAGE TO PRINTER Page Page Scanning to the Network (SCAN mode) PLEASE ENTER DIRECTORY READY TO SCAN Page Page CLEAR SCANNED IMAGE DO NOT CLEAR IMAGE Page Main Menu MAIN MENU CONFIGURATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION LOCALIZATION CONTROL PANEL COPY OPTIONS LOCALIZATION LANGUAGE: ENGLISH BEEPER: ENABLED TEXT: NORMAL DEFAULT MODE: COPY COPY OPTIONS MEDIA SERIES CUSTOM MEDIA FORMATS CUSTOM R/E PRESETS MEDIA SERIES CUSTOM MEDIA FORMATS CUSTOM MEDIA FORMATS (IN) CUSTOM R/E PRESETS CUSTOM R/E PRESETS IMAGING IMAGE ENHANCEMENTS 4DYNAMIC BACKGROUND REMOVAL TIMERS TIMERS FEATURE (0 — 99) MIN PRINTER INTERRUPT (1 — 99 MIN): FILE DELETION (1-24HR): POWER SAVER POWER SAVER POWER SAVER DELAY (0 − 4 HR): SCANNER CONTROL PRODUCTIVITY — ANSI Page SYSTEM DESCRIPTION RECENT FAULT LIST SCANNER CONTROLLER SCANNER MODEL: XEROX WIDE FORMAT SCAN SYSTEM FIRMWARE: CONTROLLER MODEL: Page COPIER CONFIGURATION PRINTER CONFIGURATION PRINTER SETTINGS ALL CONFIGURATION PRINTS QUEUE TO PRINTER: YES Page Entering the system administration password ENTER PASSWORD: SYSTEM JOB ACCOUNTING MODE FILE SYSTEM CHANGE PASSWORD SECURITY JOB ACCOUNTING FILE SYSTEM PASSWORD: LISTING STORED IMAGE INFORMATION BY DIRECTORY Page DELETING ALL STORED IMAGES DELETE IMAGES DIRECTORY: Images o IMAGES DELETED CHANGE PASSWORD CHANGE PASSWORD ENTER OLD PASSWORD: ENTER NEW PASSWORD: RE-ENTERNEW PASSWORD: SECURITY SETTINGS SECURITY SETTINGS IMAGE RECALL: ENABLED DIAGNOSTICS USAGE METERS CLEAR SCANNER USAGE SCANNER DIAGNOSTICS USAGE METERS SCANNER (F2): MEDIA LINEAR MEDIA AREA SCANNER (F2) : ARE YOU SURE?: SCANNER DIAGNOSTICS IMAGE PATH SCAN BAR FULL SYSTEM TEST Page RESET NVR DEFAULTS SCANNER RELIABILITY METER SCANNER FAULTS (ORDERED) SCANNER FAULTS (COUNT) Page COMPONENT TESTS MOTOR SPEED LEAD EDGE/TRAIL EDGE SENSORS MOTOR SPEED EXPECTED LENGTH: MEASURED LENGTH: PRESS START TO ADJUST SPEED ADJUSTMENT INPUT: NO EXIT: NO HOME: NO LEFT: NO RIGHT: NO Page MOTOR COMMUNICATIONS DOCUMENT MOTOR DOCUMENT MOTOR COMMUNICATIONS MOTOR: OFF SPEED: DIRECTION: FORWARD CALIBRATION MOTOR CALIBRATION FUNCTION: GO TO HOME READ NVR Job Accounting Page From the Scanner Control Panel USER: Enter ACCOUNT: Over the network Terminating use under an account ERROR: INVALID USER OR ACCOUNT Cleaning and maintenance - Scanner Page Page Problem solving Page Page Table 8. Error Code Table Error message Probable cause Corrective action Page Specifications Maximum Elevation: Heat Emission Power Consumption Electrical Requirements Appendices Table 10. Printer paper sizes Paper size Dimension 8825/8830/8850 721P Table 11. Printer roll sizes Roll size Width /721P Page Table 12. UP8 Controller LED status indicators LED Number Indicated Condition