IBM manual CF Series Scanner Features and Specifications, User Interface, Critical Calibration

1 CF Series Scanner: Features and Specifications

This chapter provides a brief overview of the features available and the specifications that apply to the various CF Series Scanner models.

1.1 Features

The CF Series Scanners offer a wide range of features that permit the user to set up an ideal configuration for today's needs as well as providing the capability to adapt to new needs in the future.

User Interface

•Operable from host CPU through software

•Operable from scanner keypad (option)

Critical Calibration

•Electronic alignment of Y-axis (merge)

•Electronic alignment of X-axis (splice)

Advanced Image Processing

•Speckle Removal

•Gap Filling

•Patented Local Area Adaptive Thresholding with Limit Option

•Contrast Enhancement

•Polarity reversible to scan both positive and negative images

•Image mirroring

Multiple Resolution

•Available resolutions range from 1600 to 100 dpi Refer to Table 1-A for available resolution values.

•Patented True Resolution Control, using the averaging method of eight-bit video data to avoid dropping pixels

•Up to eight resolutions for the CF 1000/44

Preview Display Monitoring (option)

•High-resolution Preview Display for precise monitoring of image quality

•Real-time monitoring of the captured image on a scrolling display

•Zoom-in, zoom-out, and pan capabilities

•Echo Scan

Echo Scan is a special feature that allows intermittent repetitive scanning of specific image areas. It rescans the document area visible in the Preview Display repeatedly, forward and backward, until you give the signal to continue scanning the rest of the document. With