Adjusting the Image Sharpness

You can adjust the sharpness to scan text and lines with a sharper contrast. You can also reduce the sharpness for the half-tone dots of printed photos, etc. to scan with a softer image.

Low

If you scan an original containing halftones, such as a printed image, the moiré effect (a shimmering, wavy pattern) may occur. In this case, you can lessen this moiré effect by using [Low] as the setting.

		Low Set		Low Not Set

High

This setting enhances the edges of original images so that faint or fine text is reproduced with a sharper contrast. This setting is particularly suited for scanning blueprints and faint pencil drawn images.

		High Set		High Not Set

As an example, the procedure for selecting a mail box as the storage location is explained in this section.

Press [Scan and Store] → [Mail Box].

Select the desired Mail Box → press [Scan].

Press [Options] → [Sharpness].

Adjust the sharpness.

If the storage location is the Mail Box:

If the storage location is the Advanced Box, Network, or Memory Media:

If the storage location is the Mail Box:

Press [Low] or [High] to adjust the sharpness for the Text and Photo/Image areas.

To scan text or lines clearly, the setting should be towards [High] for <Text>. To scan originals containing printed photographs or other halftones, the setting should be towards [Low] for <Photo/Image>.

If the storage location is the Advanced Box, Network, or Memory Media:

Press [Low] or [High] to adjust the sharpness.

To scan text or lines clearly, the setting should be towards [High]. To scan originals containing printed photographs or other halftones, the setting should be towards [Low].

Press [OK] → [Close].

IMPORTANT
For information on the modes which cannot be set in combination with this mode, see "Unavailable Combination of Functions." If you are using the Advanced Box, the Advanced Box of another machine on the network, or memory media, the setting for [Sharpness] is invalid when all of the conditions below are met. The setting is reflected in the image displayed for [Display Image], but not for the actual scanned image. The color mode is Black & White The original type is set to Text The resolution is set to 100 x 100 dpi, 150 x 150 dpi, or 200 x 100 dpi. To activate [Sharpness], change the settings.

IMPORTANT

For information on the modes which cannot be set in combination with this mode, see "Unavailable Combination of Functions."

If you are using the Advanced Box, the Advanced Box of another machine on the network, or memory media, the setting for [Sharpness] is invalid when all of the conditions below are met. The setting is reflected in the image displayed for [Display Image], but not for the actual scanned image.

The color mode is Black & White

The original type is set to Text

The resolution is set to 100 x 100 dpi, 150 x 150 dpi, or 200 x 100 dpi.

To activate [Sharpness], change the settings.