HP ScanJet Enterprise Flow N6600 User Guide - Page 41

Filter out color from a document (color dropout), Automatically detect size

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Filter out color from a document (color dropout) You can filter out a color channel (red, green, or blue) or up to three individual colors. For specific colors, the sensitivity setting controls how closely a scanned color must approximate the specified color. Removing colors from the scan might reduce the scan file size and improve optical character recognition (OCR) results. To select colors to eliminate from a scan in HP Scan software, follow these steps: 1. Open the HP Scan software. 2. Scan a sample page, which has the colors to be dropped, into the viewer. 3. Click the More button, and then click the Image tab and select the Color Dropout feature. 4. Enable a color to drop and select the color from the preview using the eyedropper tool. Be sure to save the colors. Only the color dropout options available for your scanner are selectable. For information about the color dropout settings, see the online help for the scanning software that you are using. Automatically detect page size The HP Scan software is capable of automatically detecting page size using the Detect Size option. When the Detect Size option is selected from the Page Size drop-down list, the scanned image is cropped to the size of the detected page and any skewed content is straightened. Automatically crop or pad scanned image to selected page size Use this feature to crop or pad a scanned image to a selected page size. To automatically crop or pad a scanned image to a selected page size, follow these steps: 1. Open the HP Scan software. 2. Select a scan shortcut, and then click More for more settings. 3. Select your crop option from the Input Page Size drop-down list. ● To automatically crop to the content of the document, select Detect Content on Page. ● To automatically crop to the dimensions of the document, select Detect Size. NOTE: Use the ISIS or TWAIN user interface to set crop options when scanning from non-HP scanning software. For information about the auto-crop settings, see the online help for the scanning software that you are using. 4. Make sure the Same as Input option is selected for Output Page Size, and then click Scan. Automatically detect color Use this feature to reduce the size of the scanned file by only saving pages that contain color as color scans, and saving all other pages as black and white. Filter out color from a document (color dropout) 35

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Filter out color from a document (color dropout)
You can filter out a color channel (red, green, or blue) or up to three individual colors. For specific colors, the
sensitivity setting controls how closely a scanned color must approximate the specified color.
Removing colors from the scan might reduce the scan file size and improve optical character recognition (OCR)
results.
To select colors to eliminate from a scan in HP Scan software, follow these steps:
1.
Open the HP Scan software.
2.
Scan a sample page, which has the colors to be dropped, into the viewer.
3.
Click the
More
button, and then click the
Image
tab and select the
Color Dropout
feature.
4.
Enable a color to drop and select the color from the preview using the eyedropper tool. Be sure to save the
colors.
Only the color dropout options available for your scanner are selectable.
For information about the color dropout settings, see the online help for the scanning software that you are
using.
Automatically detect page size
The HP Scan software is capable of automatically detecting page size using the
Detect Size
option. When the
Detect Size
option is selected from the
Page Size
drop-down list, the scanned image is cropped to the size of the
detected page and any skewed content is straightened.
Automatically crop or pad scanned image to selected page size
Use this feature to crop or pad a scanned image to a selected page size.
To automatically crop or pad a scanned image to a selected page size, follow these steps:
1.
Open the HP Scan software.
2.
Select a scan shortcut, and then click
More
for more settings.
3.
Select your crop option from the
Input Page Size
drop-down list.
To automatically crop to the content of the document, select
Detect Content on Page
.
To automatically crop to the dimensions of the document, select
Detect Size
.
NOTE:
Use the ISIS or TWAIN user interface to set crop options when scanning from non-HP scanning
software.
For information about the auto-crop settings, see the online help for the scanning software that you are
using.
4.
Make sure the
Same as Input
option is selected for
Output Page Size
, and then click
Scan
.
Automatically detect color
Use this feature to reduce the size of the scanned file by only saving pages that contain color as color scans, and
saving all other pages as black and white.
Filter out color from a document (color dropout)
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