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Original Type

Select an original type that is appropriate for your original.

[Black & White: Text]

Appropriate to increase OCR readability using an OCR-compliant application.

[B & W: Text / Line Art]

Standard black-and-white originals containing mainly characters (two-value). Creates scanned images suitable for printing.

[B & W: Text / Photo]

Originals containing a mixture of photographs, pictures and characters (two-value). Creates scanned images suitable for printing.

[Black & White: Photo]

Originals containing photographs and other pictures (two-value). Creates scanned images suitable for printing.

[Black & White: Drawing]

Scans lines clearly. Prevents smudges on originals appearing on scanned images.

[Gray Scale]

Originals containing photographs and other pictures (multi-value). Creates scanned images suitable for displaying on a computer screen.

[Full Color: Text / Photo]

Originals for color printing mainly consisting of characters.

[Full Color: Glossy Photo]

Originals of silver salt photographs and other color pictures.

Note

  • If you select [PDF (JPEG 2000)] as the PDF File Setting of the file type, you must then select one of the following for Original Type: [Gray Scale], [Full Color: Text / Photo], or [Full Color: Glossy Photo].

  • If [PDF (JPEG 2000)] is selected as the file type, areas of uneven shade may appear in the halftone sections in the document. If this happens, change the PDF File Setting to [PDF/A].