Settings tab

Scan Settings

Select a preset scan setting according to the color and document type for your scan.

• Color Photo - Print. Scan a color photo for printing.
• Color Photo - Web. Scan a color photo for use on the Web.
• Black & White Photo. Scan a black and white photo.
• Black Text. Scan a text-only document.

Custom Settings:

Customize your scan settings instead of using a preset scan setting.

Color Depth

Select the amount of color you want in the scanned image. Options are:

• 24-bit color. Best for scanning color photographs or multicolor charts and graphics.
• 8-bit grayscale. Best for scanning magazine and newspaper articles or black and white photographs.
• 1-bit monochrome. Best for scanning black text.

Resolution (DPI)

Choose a dpi (dots per inch) value from the pop-up menu. Valid values are from 75 to 9600 dpi.

Scanning resolution settings tend to be much lower than printing resolution settings. Scanning a photograph at 300 dpi results in a very good quality printout. Adjusting the dpi settings higher than this can result in very slow operation of the scanner.

Descreen Magazine or Newspaper

Remove dot patterns from your scan.

Descreening helps remove the geometrical dots present in many types of printed media. Many types of printed media are created using a process known as screen printing. The resulting documents are made up of many small dots that form the text and graphic of the printed material. These screen printing details, which are commonly not discernible, are made visible by scanning. The result is typically noticeable as a geometrical pattern appearing in what should be solid colors. Choose from Photo, Text, Art Print, Magazine, Newspaper, or None as your descreen option.

Adjustments tab

Brightness: slider

Adjust the lightness or darkness of the item you are scanning.

Contrast: slider

Adjust the detailing and tone of the image as it is set off against a light or dark background. Adjusting contrast makes light colors lighter and dark colors darker.

Gamma: slider

Increase or decrease the color correction curve. Turning on gamma lets you adjust the amount of ink placed on the page. Decreasing the gamma causes more ink to be placed on the page, and darkens your printed document. Increasing gamma causes less ink to be placed on the page and lightens your printed document.

Blur/Sharpen: slider

Adjust the level of sharpness of the scanned image.

Fine Tune Rotation: slider

Tilt the image up to 10 degrees to the left or to the right.

Orientation: buttons

Shift between portrait and landscape orientation.

Invert Colors check box

Reverse the colors of your image. The effect created is similar to a film negative.

Mirror check box

Produce a mirror image of your document.

Defaults button

Reset the Adjustment controls to the factory default settings.

Preview area

Preview the image before scanning. Some of the changes you apply to the image can be readily seen using the Preview area.

Auto-crop check box

Turn auto-cropping on or off. For help, see Crop photos.

Auto-crop Sensitivity slider

Adjust the sensitivity of the Auto-crop function.

Auto-crop automatically determines the dimensions of your original by sensing the different color tones and shades of the image, and separate it from the default white color background of the scan area.

Move the slider towards Less Sensitive to set auto-crop to detect only the darker tones and shades of your image. Only the darker part of your image will be bounded by the crop area. Move the slider farther to the left to detect only the darkest color tones and shades.

Move the slider towards More Sensitive to set auto-crop to detect even the lighter tones and shades. Part of the white color background around your image will be bounded by the crop area. Move the slider farther to the right to select more of the white color background around your image.

For more information, see Crop photos.

Width: and Height: display

View the current dimensions of your image. The dimensions of your image change when you adjust the settings in the Fine Tune Rotation: slider and the Cropping function (manual and Auto-crop.)

See the dimension of your scanned image. Select your preferred unit of measurement from the pop-up menu.

Units pop-up menu

Change the unit of measurement that is displayed on the Width: and Height: display.

File size: display

View the current file size of your image. The file size of your image changes when you adjust the settings in the Settings tab. The higher the scan quality you specify, the higher the size of the image file. The file size of your image also changes when you adjust the Fine Tune Rotation: slider.

Scan button

Begin scanning of the image.

Preview Again button

Scan a new original without going back to the Scan tab or relaunching the Scan dialog. The new image is scanned using the current scan settings. This function is useful when you are scanning multiple images.

Cancel button

Exit the Scan dialog without any change.

Access the Help Center for more information.