46VISIONEER 6200/6400 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE

ABOUT THE PREDEFINED SCAN SETTINGS IN PAPERPORT

Selecting the proper scan setting before final scanning provides the best results for a scanned item. The scan setting determines the sharpness of the item and the number of possible shades of gray or color.

These selections also affect the speed of the scan and the file size.

The following table describes PaperPort’s predefined scan settings.

Scan Page For

Default Setting

To Scan

Description

 

 

 

 

Faxing, Filing,

Black-and-white

Newspaper and

Provides the fastest scan time

or Copying

200 dpi

magazine articles,

and smallest file size.

 

 

receipts, forms, and

 

 

 

other text items

 

Editing Text

Black-and-white

Business letters,

(OCR)

300 dpi

contracts, memos, and

 

 

other documents that

 

 

you want to edit

Enhances the use of OCR software for converting scanned text to editable text. Provides higher quality and a larger file size than the Faxing, Filing or Copying scan setting.

Black & White

Grayscale

Black-and-white

Photo

100 dpi

photos

Color Photo—

Color

Color pages with

Faster

100 dpi

many graphics, or

 

 

mixed graphics and

 

 

text, line art, or photos

 

 

that require a quick

 

 

scan

Color Photo—

Color

Photographs and color

Better Quality

200 dpi

items

Provides the best setting for black-and-white photos.

Creates a reasonable scanned color item in a file that is not too large. PaperPort’s default setting.

Provides the ideal setting for color items, item editing, desktop publishing, and high quality output. Results in a color scan with slower scan time and a larger file size.

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Visioneer 6400, 6200 About the Predefined Scan Settings in Paperport, Scan Page For Default Setting To Scan Description