Epson DS-30000 Users Guide - Page 150

Characters are not Recognized During Conversion to Editable Text (OCR), Correct Document Skew

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• If you are scanning in JPEG format, change the compression level. Click Options in the Image Format menu and change the Image Quality setting. • When scanning thin paper, select White as the Background Color setting. If you cannot select White, select any size except Auto Detect or Passport as the Document Size setting, and select any setting except Paper Skew as the Correct Document Skew setting. Parent topic: Solving Scanned Image Quality Problems Related references Additional Scanning Settings - Main Settings Tab Additional Scanning Settings - Advanced Settings Tab Characters are not Recognized During Conversion to Editable Text (OCR) If characters in your scanned images are not recognized during OCR conversion, try these solutions: • Make sure your original is loaded straight on your product. • Use an original with clear text. • Adjust these Epson Scan 2 settings (if available) and try scanning again: • Select the correct Image Type setting. • Select or adjust the Text Enhancement setting. • If the Image Type is set to Black & White, adjust the Threshold setting. • Set the Image Type to Grayscale. • Set the scanning resolution between 200 and 600 dpi. • If the original document is in landscape mode, set the Rotate setting to Auto in Epson Scan 2. • If you are using OCR software, check the manual for any additional adjustments. • Scan thermal paper receipts as soon as possible. They may deteriorate due to age or friction. • When saving to Microsoft Office or Searchable PDF files, check that the correct languages are selected. Check the language in each save setting window. Parent topic: Solving Scanned Image Quality Problems Related references Additional Scanning Settings - Main Settings Tab Additional Scanning Settings - Advanced Settings Tab Related tasks Saving a Scan as an Office Format File 150

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• If you are scanning in JPEG format, change the compression level. Click
Options
in the Image
Format menu and change the
Image Quality
setting.
• When scanning thin paper, select
White
as the
Background Color
setting. If you cannot select
White
, select any size except
Auto Detect
or
Passport
as the
Document Size
setting, and select
any setting except
Paper Skew
as the
Correct Document Skew
setting.
Parent topic:
Solving Scanned Image Quality Problems
Related references
Additional Scanning Settings - Main Settings Tab
Additional Scanning Settings - Advanced Settings Tab
Characters are not Recognized During Conversion to Editable Text (OCR)
If characters in your scanned images are not recognized during OCR conversion, try these solutions:
• Make sure your original is loaded straight on your product.
• Use an original with clear text.
• Adjust these Epson Scan 2 settings (if available) and try scanning again:
• Select the correct
Image Type
setting.
• Select or adjust the
Text Enhancement
setting.
• If the
Image Type
is set to
Black & White
, adjust the
Threshold
setting.
• Set the
Image Type
to
Grayscale
.
• Set the scanning resolution between 200 and 600 dpi.
• If the original document is in landscape mode, set the
Rotate
setting to
Auto
in Epson Scan 2.
• If you are using OCR software, check the manual for any additional adjustments.
• Scan thermal paper receipts as soon as possible. They may deteriorate due to age or friction.
• When saving to Microsoft Office or Searchable PDF files, check that the correct languages are
selected. Check the language in each save setting window.
Parent topic:
Solving Scanned Image Quality Problems
Related references
Additional Scanning Settings - Main Settings Tab
Additional Scanning Settings - Advanced Settings Tab
Related tasks
Saving a Scan as an Office Format File