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About WIA Scanning

WIA allows computers running Windows Vista (SP1 or later)/7, Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 to perform scanning over a network.

Important

Network TWAIN also allows you to perform scanning through a network; however, TWAIN and WIA do not provide the same scan functions.

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

Reference

Functions of the TWAIN and WIA scanners

Functions

TWAIN

WIA

1. Scan



Scan from the exposure glass

Yes

Yes

Continuous scanning from the ADF

Yes

Yes

ADF Read-ahead

Yes

Yes *1

Specify the number of originals to be scanned from the ADF

Yes *2

Yes *2

Preview

Yes

Yes *3

Scan using an application that do not have 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

Start from Scanner

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

  • Grey Scale

Yes

Yes

  • 8 Colors

Yes

No

  • 16770K colors (Full color)

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 (specify scan area manually)

Yes

No

Comb./Series

Yes

No

Endorser

Yes

No

3. Properties



General



  • Diagnosis (Scan test)

No

Yes

Authenticate



  • User Code:

Yes

Yes

  • General User Authentication

Yes

Yes

Network Connection



  • Settings for using a specific scanner

Yes

Yes

  • SNMP V3 Auth.information

Yes

Yes

Driver version display

Yes

Yes

*1 You cannot disable this function.

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

*3 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.