Practical Examples

To scan unregistered size documents

You can register a non-standard page size that has not been registered as a page size by naming and registering it as a custom page size in the Custom Paper Size dialog box, which is opened from the [Save] button on the [Basic] tab.

When you want to specify the scan area

Specify the area of the document to be scanned in the Scan Area dialog box, which is opened from the [Area] button on the [Basic] tab.

When you want to delete the images of the blank pages in two-sided documents

Set the scanning side setting to [Skip Blank Page] on the [Basic] tab to delete the images of the blank pages in the document.

If [Skip Blank Page] is selected, the [Setting] button is enabled, and you can adjust the level for judging whether pages are blank.

When you do not want to scan colored lines and text

Specify the color (red, blue, or green) to be ignored (dropped out) in the color drop-out settings on the [Image processing] tab, and that color will not be scanned.

When you want to enhance the color red

Specify [Red Enhance] for [Color drop-out] on the [Image processing] tab to enhance the color red in the document.

When you want to enhance contours in images

Adjust the edge emphasis setting on the [Image processing] tab.

When you want to make lines or characters in the scanned images thicker

Drag the slider for [Character Emphasis] on the [Image processing] tab to make the lines and characters that appear in the scanned image thicker.

When you want to enhance text that is difficult to read because of factors such as the background of the scanned document

Select [Advanced Text Enhancement] or [Advanced Text Enhancement II] in the mode setting on the [Basic] tab. The background behind the text is removed or processed so that the text is emphasized for better readability.

• Advanced Text Enhancement is suitable for a document with a light background color or a document with a non-uniform background (such as a pattern). If the background is uniform, it is removed where it surrounds the text, and if the background is non-uniform, it is processed to enhance text readability.
• Advanced Text Enhancement II is suitable for scanning a document with a uniform background color and light text and background. If the background is non-uniform, such as a pattern, the background may not be able to be completely removed and the text may become difficult to read. If necessary, you can make the text in scanned images easier to read by adjusting the contrast on the [Brightness] tab.

To correct tilted documents and images

Place a check in [Automatically straightens skewed] under the [Basic] tab, and then click [Setting] to display the [Deskew Settings] screen.

Select a correction method and click [OK].

When you want to detect multiple pages fed at the same time

Select the [Double Feed Detection] check box on the [Feeding] tab. You can enable either one or of [Detect by Ultrasonic] and [Detect by Length].

Even if [Detect by Ultrasonic] is enabled, a double feed may not be detected if the document is small.

When you want to match the orientation of images to the text when scanning a mixture of pages with different text orientations

Select [Text orientation recognition] in [Document Orientation] on the [Others] tab. The text orientation on each page is detected, and the scanned image is rotated in 90-degree increments to correct the orientation.

When you want to rotate the images of a document placed horizontally to correct the orientation

Specify the rotation angle in [Document Orientation] on the [Others] tab.

When you want to set the scanner conditions automatically

Set [Full Automatic Mode] in [User Preference] to scan with scanning conditions that match the document.

When [Full Automatic Mode] is selected, [Color mode], [Page Size], and [Dots per inch] are all detected automatically. In addition, the [Scanning Side] setting becomes [Skip blank page] and [Document Orientation] becomes [Text orientation recognition].

When you want to use batch separation for scanning

When you want to divide and scan a document, you can separate a batch at the timing with which each next document is placed and scanned. In this case, set the scanner driver as follows.

• Set [Feeding Option] on the [Feeding] tab to [Panel-Feeding] or [Automatic Feeding].

• Set [Batch Separation] on the [Others] tab to [Auto].

When [Batch Separation] is set to [Auto], the batch is separated after the next document is placed and scanning is continued.

This function is only enabled for applications that support batch separation.

When you want to use multistream settings for scanning

Multistream settings allow you to output multiple different scanned images with a single scan operation, and output scanned images with different scanning conditions for each of the front and back pages.

Depending on the application program, these settings may not appear.

When you want to use the multistream settings for scanning, select the [Use MultiStream] checkbox on the [Others] tab to display the setting items related to multistream, and then configure the setting items in the following order.

1   When you want to specify different scanning conditions for the front and back pages of a document, select [Skip Blank Page] or [Duplex] for [Scanning Side] on the [Basic] tab in advance.

2   Specify the number of scanning conditions to apply in [Stream count of Front]. Up to three can be specified.

3   Select [Front 1st], and then open the other tabs and set the scanning conditions.

Depending on the value specified for [Stream count of Front], configure the remaining [Front 2nd] and [Front 3rd] in the same way.

4   When specifying the scanning conditions of the back, configure the settings in the same way as described in 2 to 3.

In this case, specify [Stream count of Back], and then set the scanning conditions for each of [Back 1st] to [Back 3rd].

The following shows the setting conditions that can be set in the multistream settings.

When you want to save a scanner driver setting

When you finish configuring a setting, click the [Save] button of [User Preference] to save the setting.

The saved setting is registered to the list. You can delete a setting from the list with the [Delete] button, and save or load a configuration file with the [Back Up] or [Restore] button.

The preregistered [Full Automatic Mode] cannot be deleted from [User Preference].