Scanning strategies

When scanning documents, always try the default Image Quality settings first. Select the documents type -,line, photo, mixed or color and use the Original, Type, Normal, Line, Photo or Color default settings for that type. Color is a Scan to Net feature and only available in SCAN mode. These settings have been designed to give the optimum image quality for most documents.

If you have a special original type, you may want to try some of the advanced image processing features available on the Scanner. Table 2 describes the scanning strategies for special original types.

Table 2. Scanning strategies for special documents
Type of original

 

First step to try

 

Second step to tryThird step to try

Color photograph

 

Set Original Type to Photo

 

Mode Scan: Set Original

Set Original Type to

 

 

 

 

Type to Color and

Normal and

 

 

 

 

 

Background

 

 

 

 

 

Suppression to Off.

Color lithograph

 

Mode COPY: Set Original

 

Set Original Type to

Set Original Type to

 

 

Type to Normal..

 

Normal and Background

Photo

 

 

Mode SCAN: Set Original

 

Suppression to Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type to Color.

 

 

 

Color map

 

Mode COPY: Set Original

 

Set Original Type to

Set Original Type to

 

 

Type to Normal..

 

Normal and Background

Photo

 

 

Mode SCAN: Set Original

 

Suppression to Off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type to Color.

 

 

 

Old blueprint or sepia

 

Set Original Type to Line

 

Set Original Type to Line,

Adjust the Copy

with dark background

 

and Background

 

Background Suppression

contrast as required

 

 

Suppression to Auto.

 

to dark original,

for best image

 

 

Transform, Invert to ON

 

Transform, Invert to ON.

quality.

Old blueprint or sepia

 

Set Original Type to Line

 

If fade is still visible in the

Adjust the Copy

with dark background

 

and Background

 

copy, rotate the original

contrast as required

and side-to-side

 

Suppression to Auto.

 

90 degrees. Generally,

for best image

fading

 

 

 

feeding the darkest edge

quality.

 

 

 

 

first provides the best

 

 

 

 

 

results.

 

Faded line/text

 

Set Original Type to Line,

 

If fade is still visible in the

Adjust the Copy

drawing

 

Background Suppression to

 

copy, rotate the original

contrast as required

 

 

Auto.

 

90 degrees.

for best image

 

 

 

 

 

quality.

 

 

 

 

 

In reduction, use

 

 

 

 

 

Reduction Line

 

 

 

 

 

Preservation..

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