Understanding the scan settings

Notes:

Setting

Accepted values

1 Supported by printers running on eSF version 4 or earlier.

2 Supported by printers running on eSF version 5 or later.

3 Indicates the default value.

BACKGROUNDREMOVAL

-4 to 4

BRIGHTNESS1

0 to 8

darkness2

1 to 9

COLORBALANCEBLUE

Note: Depending on your printer model, this setting may not be available.

-5 to 5

COLORBALANCEGREEN

Note: Depending on your printer model, this setting may not be available.

-5 to 5

COLORBALANCERED

Note: Depending on your printer model, this setting may not be available.

-5 to 5

COMPRESSION

  • G31D

  • G32D

  • G4

  • JPEG3

  • PACKBITS

  • ZLIB

  • LZW

  • NONE

CONTENT1 or contentType2

  • MIXED

  • PHOTO

  • PHOTO CONTONE

  • TEXT

  • GRAPHIC

Note: This setting is optional. The scan quality can also be customized by changing the contrast.

CONTRAST

  • 0 to 5

  • MIXED3

  • PHOTO

  • PHOTO CONTONE

  • TEXT

  • GRAPHIC

DEPTH1

  • 1

  • 8

  • 24

imageComposition2

  • BW1BIT

  • GRAY8BIT

  • RGB24BIT

DOCUMENTSOURCE

  • BLACK AND WHITE LASER3

  • COLOR LASER

  • INKJET

  • PHOTOGRAPH

  • MAGAZINE

  • NEWSPAPER

  • PRESS

  • GENERAL OFFICE

Note: This setting is optional. It is required only if CONTENT is set to GRAPHIC.

DUPLEX1 or scanDuplex2

  • SINGLE3 or SIMPLEX

  • BOTH

  • DUPLEXSHORTEDGE

  • DUPLEXLONGEDGE

EDGETOEDGE

  • TRUE

  • FALSE3

INVERTIMAGE1 or negativeImage2

  • TRUE

  • FALSE3

JOBBUILD

  • TRUE

  • FALSE3

JPEGQUALITY

5 to 90 (803)

LINEARXFER

Note: Depending on your printer model, this setting may not be available.

  • TRUE

  • FALSE3

MIRROR IMAGE

  • TRUE

  • FALSE3

MULTIPAGETIFF

Note: Depending on your printer model, this setting may not be available.

  • TRUE

  • FALSE3

ORIENTATION

  • PORTRAIT3

  • LANDSCAPE

PDFVERSION

Note: Depending on your printer model, this setting may not be available.

  • 1.2

  • 1.3

  • 1.4

  • 1.5

  • 1.6

  • A-1a

RESOLUTION

  • 75

  • 1503

  • 200

  • 300

  • 400

  • 600

  • 1200

SCANPREVIEW

  • TRUE

  • FALSE3

SCANRECOVERY

Note: Depending on your printer model, this setting may not be available.

  • TRUE

  • FALSE3

SHADOWDETAIL

-4 to 4

SHORTCUT1 or shortcutId2

03

For FirstAvailableShortcut=FALSE

  • If the shortcut value is 0, then Imaging Toolkit creates a profile without any shortcut.

  • If the shortcut value is in use, then a profile is not created.

  • If the shortcut value is available, then a profile is created with the specified shortcut value.

For FirstAvailableShortcut=TRUE

  • If the shortcut value is 0, then a profile is created with any available shortcut value from a specified range.

  • If the shortcut specified is in use, then a profile is created with any available shortcut value from a specified range.

  • If the shortcut specified is available, then a profile is created with the specified shortcut value.

SIZE1 or mediaSize2

  • 11x17

  • 3x5 PHOTO

  • 4x6 PHOTO

  • A3

  • A4

  • A5

  • A6

  • AUTO SIZE

  • B3

  • B4

  • B5

  • BOOK

  • BOOK ORIGINAL (same as BOOK)

  • BUSINESS CARD

  • EXECUTIVE

  • FOLIO

  • ID-1

  • LEGAL

  • LETTER3

  • MIXED SIZES

  • OFICIO

  • STATEMENT

  • TABLOID (same as 11x17)

  • UNIVERSAL

SOURCE1 or scanSource2

  • ADF

  • FLATBED

  • ANY

  • ADF1PAGE

TYPE1 or fileFormat2

  • JPEG3

  • TIFF

  • PDF

  • PS

  • RAW