ˆConfiguring the Scanner

CHANGING A SCANNER BUTTON'S SETTINGS

You can change the setting of any of the scanner’s buttons using the USB Scanner Utility Preferences dialog box. This dialog box displays a list of options and settings for customizing the scanner.

Follow these steps to change a scanner button’s settings.

1.Click the scanner icon on the Win- dows taskbar. The USB Scanner Utility Preferences dialog box appears.

2.Right-click on the name of the scan- ner button (except STOP/CANCEL) you want to view the properties for. A dialog box showing Scanner Set- tings for and the name of the button appear.

3.Click Edit to change the button’s set- tings.

Note: If you need more information about each button’s settings, click Help.

ADJUSTING SCAN AND PAGE SETTINGS

If you use a scan configuration that you define yourself, you can adjust that con- figuration's scan settings and page set- tings. For example, if the scanned image is too dark, you can adjust the brightness of the scan setting.

Note: You can adjust only the settings for the configurations that you define yourself. You cannot change the scan settings or page settings for any of the pre-defined scanning configurations.

Follow these steps to adjust scan and page settings.

1.Hold down any button on the scan- ner. The USB Scanner Utility Prefer- ences dialog box appears. The selected tab on the dialog box corre- sponds to the button you pressed. You can click the other tabs for the other buttons.

2.In the Configuration to Use list, click the configuration you want to adjust.

Note: You cannot edit or change pre-defined configurations. To make a change, you must create a new configuration or copy an existing one and give it a new name.

3.If you have not defined a configura- tion yet, click New to create a new one. You can also select one of the pre-defined configurations then click Copy to copy it.

4.Click Edit. A dialog box appears.

5.Enter a name for the new configura- tion.

6.Adjust the desired scanning options.

Mode — Select Black/White to scan in black and white. For example, let- ters and memos are usually

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