Ricoh Aficio MP 171 Operating Instructions - Page 108

Items for Specifying Scan Settings, Scan Type, Resolution, Image Density

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Various Scan Settings Items for Specifying Scan Settings This section describes the items for Scan Settings. Scan Type Select a scan type that is appropriate for your original. ❖ [Text (Print)] Standard originals containing mainly characters. Creates scanned images suitable for printing. ❖ [Text (OCR)] Standard originals containing mainly characters. Appropriate to increase OCR readability using an OCR-compliant application. ❖ [Text / Photo] Originals containing a mixture of photographs, pictures and characters (twovalue). Creates scanned images suitable for printing. 6 ❖ [Photo] Originals containing photographs and other pictures (two-value). Creates scanned images suitable for printing. ❖ [Gray Scale] Originals containing photographs and other pictures (multi-value). Creates scanned images suitable for displaying on a computer screen. Resolution Select resolution for scanning originals. Select [100 dpi], [200 dpi], [300 dpi], [400 dpi], or [600 dpi] as the scanning resolution. Image Density Select the density in seven steps from iLighter (1) to Darkerj (7) , or use Auto Image Density. Selecting [Auto Image Density] corrects scanning density to improve resolution of paper types such as non-white paper like newspaper or transparent originals. 100

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Various Scan Settings
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Items for Specifying Scan Settings
This section describes the items for Scan Settings.
Scan Type
Select a scan type that is appropriate for your original.
[
Text (Print)
]
Standard originals containing mainly characters. Creates scanned images
suitable for printing.
[
Text (OCR)
]
Standard originals containing mainly characters. Appropriate to increase
OCR readability using an OCR-compliant application.
[
Text / Photo
]
Originals containing a mixture of photographs, pictures and characters (two-
value). Creates scanned images suitable for printing.
[
Photo
]
Originals containing photographs and other pictures (two-value). Creates
scanned images suitable for printing.
[
Gray Scale
]
Originals containing photographs and other pictures (multi-value). Creates
scanned images suitable for displaying on a computer screen.
Resolution
Select resolution for scanning originals.
Select
[
100 dpi
]
,
[
200 dpi
]
,
[
300 dpi
]
,
[
400 dpi
]
, or
[
600 dpi
]
as the scanning resolution.
Image Density
Select the density in seven steps from
i
Lighter (1) to Darker
j
(7) , or use Auto
Image Density.
Selecting
[
Auto Image Density
]
corrects scanning density to improve resolution of
paper types such as non-white paper like newspaper or transparent originals.