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About WIA Scanning

If your computer is running Windows Vista, you can use the WIA driver to scan originals on the machine from the computer via the network.

To use this machine as a WIA scanner, you must download the WIA driver from the supplier's Web site and install it on your computer.

The network TWAIN scanner function also allows you to scan originals from your computer; however, functions you can use differ between the TWAIN and WIA scanners.

The following table tells you the functions available or not available with the TWAIN and WIA scanners. For details about the TWAIN scanner, see "Scanning Originals with the Network TWAIN Scanner".

Scanning Originals with the Network TWAIN Scanner

Functions of the TWAIN and WIA scanners
Functions	TWAIN	WIA
1. Scan
Scan from the exposure glass	Yes	Yes
Continuous scan from the ADF	Yes	Yes
Specify the number of files for scanning from the ADF	Yes ^*1	Yes ^*1
Preview	Yes	Yes^*2
Auto detect
When scanning from the exposure glass	Yes	No
Scan using an application that do not provide the user interface	Yes	Yes
2. Setting
Driver selection	Yes	Yes
Initial Settings
Unit of Measure: (mm, inch, pixel)	Yes	No
Compression	Yes	No
Deskew	Yes	No
Scan wait mode	Yes	No
Save/Delete Mode	Yes	No
Specify original size
When scanning from the exposure glass	Yes	Yes ^*2
When scanning from the ADF	Yes	Yes
Orig.Orientn.:	Yes	Yes ^*2
Orientation:	Yes	Yes ^*2
Scan Settings:
1 Sided	Yes	Yes
2 Sided	Yes	Yes
2 Sided (Top to Top, Top to Bottom)	Yes	No
Resolution	Yes	Yes
Brightness:	Yes	Yes
Contrast:	Yes	Yes
Threshold:	Yes	Yes ^*2
Col./Grad.:
Binary	Yes	Yes
Gray Scale	Yes	Yes
8 Colors	Yes	No
Full colour	Yes	Yes
Gam-Curve:	Yes	No
Eras.Bgrnd:	Yes	No
Advanced
Filter (Filter, Dropout Col.)	Yes	No
Color Matching (ICM:, Inversion)	Yes	No
Save/Delete Scanning Area	Yes	No
Specify original size (Manual entry of values to specify the scan area)	Yes	No
Comb./Series	Yes	No
Endorser	Yes	No
3. Properties
General
Diagnostics (Scan test)	No	Yes
Authenticate
User code authentication	Yes	Yes
General User Authentication (Basic authentication)	Yes	Yes
Network Connection
Settings for using a specific scanner	Yes	Yes
SNMP V3 Auth.information	Yes	Yes
Version information display	Yes	Yes

^*1 You might not be able to specify settings for this function from some applications.

^*2 The preview does not reflect changes made for settings while it is displayed. To display the preview image with the changed settings applied, first close the preview, and then open it again.