Settings tab

Copy Type area

Select the color for your copy.

• Color. For all color documents and images.
• Grayscale. For black and white images.
• Black. For text-only documents.

Copy Quality area

Select the copy quality.

• Best. For the highest quality photos and for documents with vibrant graphics.
• Better. For documents with some graphics.
• Normal. For most text-only copy jobs. This is the default copy quality setting.
• Quick Copy. For copying drafts or text-only documents quickly and with reduced quality.

Descreen pop-up menu

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.

Finishing tab

Zoom area

Enlarge or reduce your image. Choose a preset value or enter a desired scale percentage for your image.

Layout area

• Select None to turn off the Poster and Clone layout settings.
• Select Poster to print a single image on several sheets of paper. Selecting Poster turns on the Print crop marks option that lets you print crop marks on your copy to aid in trimming.
• Select Clone to print multiple copies of an image on one page. Selecting Clone turns on the Print page borders option that lets you print borders on your copies.

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.

Copy button

Begin copying of the image.

Preview Again button

Copy a new original without going back to the Copy tab or relaunching the Copy dialog. The new image is copied using the current copy settings. This function is useful when you are copying multiple page documents or images.

Cancel button

Exit the Copy dialog without any change.

Access the Help Center for more information.