Lexmark X642E User's Guide - Page 63

FTP tips, Content, Text/Photo, Photo, Color, Advanced Options, Transmission Log, Edge Erase, Darkness

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Content: Tells the MFP the original document type. Choose from Text, Text/Photo, or Photo. Color can be turned on or off with any of the Content choices. Content affects the quality and size of your FTP file. Text: Emphasizes sharp, black, high-resolution text against a clean, white background. Text/Photo: Used when the original documents are a mixture of text and graphics or pictures. Photo: Tells the scanner to pay extra attention to graphics and pictures. This setting takes longer to scan but emphasizes a reproduction of the full dynamic range of tones in the original document. This increases the amount of information saved. Color: Sets the scan type and output for the copy. Color documents can be scanned and sent to an FTP site, PC, or e-mail address. The MFP will print color documents in grayscale only. Advanced Options: Accesses the Transmission Log, Edge Erase, or Darkness settings. Transmission Log: Prints the transmission log or transmission error log. Edge Erase: Eliminates smudges or information around the edges of your document. You can choose to eliminate an equal area around all four sides, or pick a particular edge. Edge Erase will erase whatever is within the area selected and leave nothing printed on that portion of the paper. Darkness: Adjusts how light or dark your scanned documents will turn out. FTP tips The following tips may improve the MFP FTP quality. Question When should I use Text mode? When should I use Text/Photo mode? When should I use Photo mode? Tip • Text mode should be used when text preservation is the main goal of sending a document to an FTP site, and preserving images copied from the original document is not a concern. • Text is best used for receipts, carbon copy forms, and documents that only contain text or fine line art. • Text/Photo mode should be used when sending a document to an FTP site that contains a mixture of text and graphics. • Text/Photo is best used for magazine articles, business graphics, and brochures. Photo mode should be used when the original is composed mostly of photos printed on a laser printer or taken from a magazine or newspaper. 63

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Content:
Tells the MFP the original document type. Choose from Text, Text/Photo, or Photo. Color
can be turned on or off with any of the Content choices. Content affects the quality and size of your
FTP file.
Text:
Emphasizes sharp, black, high-resolution text against a clean, white background.
Text/Photo:
Used when the original documents are a mixture of text and graphics or pictures.
Photo:
Tells the scanner to pay extra attention to graphics and pictures. This setting takes
longer to scan but emphasizes a reproduction of the full dynamic range of tones in the
original document. This increases the amount of information saved.
Color:
Sets the scan type and output for the copy. Color documents can be scanned and sent
to an FTP site, PC, or e-mail address. The MFP will print color documents in grayscale only.
Advanced Options:
Accesses the Transmission Log, Edge Erase, or Darkness settings.
Transmission Log:
Prints the transmission log or transmission error log.
Edge Erase:
Eliminates smudges or information around the edges of your document. You
can choose to eliminate an equal area around all four sides, or pick a particular edge. Edge
Erase will erase whatever is within the area selected and leave nothing printed on that portion
of the paper.
Darkness:
Adjusts how light or dark your scanned documents will turn out.
FTP tips
The following tips may improve the MFP FTP quality.
Question
Tip
When should I use Text
mode?
Text mode should be used when text preservation is the main goal of
sending a document to an FTP site, and preserving images copied from
the original document is not a concern.
Text is best used for receipts, carbon copy forms, and documents that only
contain text or fine line art.
When should I use
Text/Photo mode?
Text/Photo mode should be used when sending a document to an FTP site
that contains a mixture of text and graphics.
Text/Photo is best used for magazine articles, business graphics, and
brochures.
When should I use Photo
mode?
Photo mode should be used when the original is composed mostly of
photos printed on a laser printer or taken from a magazine or
newspaper.