User's Guide Scanner GT-2500
Table Of Contents
- Copyright and Trademarks
- Contents
- Safety Instructions
- Overview of Your Scanner Features
- Guide to the Scanner Parts
- Placing Originals on the Scanner
- Scanning Using the Automatic Document Feeder
- Scanning Using the Document Table
- Using the Scanner Features
- Using the Optional Network Image Express Card
- Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Reading the Scanner Lights
- Scanner Problems
- Scanning Software Problems
- Scan Quality Problems
- The Edges of Your Document Are Not Scanned
- You See Only a Few Dots in Your Scanned Image
- A Line of Dots Always Appears in Your Scanned Images
- Straight Lines in Your Image Come Out Crooked
- Your Image is Distorted or Blurred
- Colors Are Patchy or Distorted at the Edges of Your Image
- Your Scanned Image is Too Dark
- An Image on the Back of Your Original Appears in Your Scanned Image
- Ripple Patterns Appear in Your Scanned Image
- Characters Are Not Recognized Well When Converted into Editable Text (OCR)
- Scanned Colors Differ from the Original Colors
- Automatic Document Feeder Problems
- Optional Network Image Express Card Problems
- Uninstalling Your Scanning Software
- Where To Get Help
- Technical Specifications
- Index
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Converting Scanned Documents into
Editable Text
You can scan a document and convert the text into data that you
can edit with a word processing program. This process is called
OCR (Optical Character Recognition). To scan and use OCR, you
need to use an OCR program, such as Adobe Acrobat.
OCR Software Limitations
OCR software cannot recognize handwritten characters, and
certain types of documents or text are difficult for OCR software
to recognize, such as:
❏ Items that have been copied from other copies
❏ Faxes
❏ Text with tightly spaced characters or line pitch
❏ Text that is in tables or underlined
❏ Cursive or italic fonts, and font sizes less than 8 points
Scanning Using an OCR Program
Follow these steps to scan and convert text using an OCR
program. See your OCR program documentation for detailed
instructions.
1. Place your original document on the scanner. See one of these
sections for instructions:
❏ "Loading Documents in the Automatic Document Feeder"
on page 24
❏ "Placing Originals on the Document Table" on page 28