User's Guide

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Scan and View Image
After selecting your scan settings, you’re ready to scan and view your scanned images.
1. Click Scan.
Setting Description
Unsharp Mask Turn on to make the edges in different areas of your image clearer. Turn
off to leave softer edges.
Descreening Removes the rippled pattern that can appear in subtly shaded image areas,
such as in skin tones. Also improves results when scanning magazine or
newspaper images. The results of descreening do not appear in the
preview image, only in your scanned image.
Text
Enhancement
Adjusts the level at which the black areas in text and line art are
delineated, improving text recognition in OCR programs. Check the
Image Option box and then select the setting.
Auto Area
Segmentation
Makes grayscale images clearer and text recognition more accurate by
separating the text from the graphics. (Available only when you select
Black&White as the Image Type.) Check the Image Option box and then
select the setting.
Color Enhance Enhances red, green, or blue shades in the scan. (Available when you
select Grayscale or Black&White for the Image Type setting.) Check the
Image Option box and then select the setting.
Brightness Adjusts the overall image lightness and darkness.
Contrast Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of the overall
image.