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This mode enables you to convert the text and line drawings of a scanned image to scalable outline data. The extracted outline data can be used in Adobe Illustrator. The smoothing process can also be applied to the text of the outline data, so it has less of a jagged edge when seen on a computer monitor or in print.

If you select [Trace & Smooth] as the PDF file format, [Compact] is automatically set to 'On'. You can also set [OCR (Text Searchable)]. The Trace and Smooth mode cannot be set by itself. If you select [Trace & Smooth], [PDF (Trace & Smooth)] is displayed as the file format on the Scan screen.

For information on the optional products required to use this function, see "Optional Products Required for Each Function (imageRUNNER ADVANCE C9075 PRO/C9065 PRO)" or "Optional Products Required for Each Function (imageRUNNER ADVANCE C7065/C7055)."

• If you are scanning your originals with the Trace and Smooth mode, select any of the following combination of a color mode and resolution:

• Auto (Color/Gray) and 300 × 300 dpi

• Full Color and 300 × 300 dpi

• Grayscale and 300 × 300 dpi

• If you set the Trace & Smooth mode, the machine automatically recognizes which parts of the document are text or line drawings. The machine may not recognize which parts of the scanned document are text and line drawings correctly, depending on the scanned document.

• If you set the Trace & Smooth mode, smoothing is only performed on the areas of the document that are correctly recognized as text.

• The text and background of a PDF containing outline data may become misaligned or text and line drawings may not be displayed when opened in Adobe Illustrator, depending on the version of Adobe Illustrator used to open the PDF.

1. Select the desired space and folder.

2. Place your originals → press [Scan].

3. Press [File Format].

4. Select [PDF] → press [Set Details].

If [Set Details] is not displayed, press [Trace & Smooth] on the File Format screen → proceed to step 6.

5. Press [Trace & Smooth] → [OK].

6. Press [OK].

If you want to separate document with multiple pages into separate pages and scan them as separate files, set [Divide into Pages] to 'On'.

• If [Trace & Smooth] is selected for the PDF file format, the resolution is automatically changed to [300 × 300 dpi]. If the color mode is set to [Auto(Color/Black)] or [Black & White], the color mode is automatically changed to [Auto(Color/Gray)] or [Grayscale], respectively. If you want to scan the document with the resolution setting and the color mode that you specify, change the PDF file format to anything other than [Trace & Smooth] or [Compact].

• If [PDF (Trace & Smooth)] is selected as the file format, documents can be scanned only at a zoom ratio of 100%.

• To view a PDF file or to search a text in a PDF file, software that supports the PDF format (such as Adobe Reader/Adobe Acrobat) is required.

7. Press (Start).

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