Content: Tells the MFP the original document type. Choose from Text, Text/Photo, or Photo. Color can be turned on or off with any of the Content choices. Content affects the quality and size of your FTP file.
Text: Emphasizes sharp, black,
Text/Photo: Used when the original documents are a mixture of text and graphics or pictures.
Photo: Tells the scanner to pay extra attention to graphics and pictures. This setting takes longer to scan but emphasizes a reproduction of the full dynamic range of tones in the original document. This increases the amount of information saved.
Color: Sets the scan type and output for the copy. Color documents can be scanned and sent to an FTP site, PC, or
Advanced Options: Accesses the Transmission Log, Edge Erase, or Darkness settings.
Transmission Log: Prints the transmission log or transmission error log.
Edge Erase: Eliminates smudges or information around the edges of your document. You can choose to eliminate an equal area around all four sides, or pick a particular edge. Edge Erase will erase whatever is within the area selected and leave nothing printed on that portion of the paper.
Darkness: Adjusts how light or dark your scanned documents will turn out.
FTP tips
The following tips may improve the MFP FTP quality.
Question | Tip |
When should I use Text | • Text mode should be used when text preservation is the main goal of |
mode? | sending a document to an FTP site, and preserving images copied from |
| the original document is not a concern. |
| • Text is best used for receipts, carbon copy forms, and documents that only |
| contain text or fine line art. |
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When should I use | • Text/Photo mode should be used when sending a document to an FTP site |
Text/Photo mode? | that contains a mixture of text and graphics. |
| • Text/Photo is best used for magazine articles, business graphics, and |
| brochures. |
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When should I use Photo | Photo mode should be used when the original is composed mostly of |
mode? | photos printed on a laser printer or taken from a magazine or |
| newspaper. |
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