Xerox XDM5205DWU User Guide - Page 106

Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast

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Scanning with the TWAIN Interface from PaperPort 3. Click Reset to return the resolution to its original setting. The resolution panel also includes an advanced setting for Moire patterns. Moire patterns are wavy, rippled lines that sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or illustrations, particularly newspaper and magazine illustrations. To scan the image and limit or eliminate moire patterns, select the Reduce Moire option. This option is only available from 50 to 300 dpi. Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast Sometimes an item is scanned with the brightness and contrast set to be too light or too dark. For example, a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to improve legibility. The following figure shows the brightness and contrast options. Contrast is only available for Color and Gray Scale configurations. To adjust the brightness and contrast: 1. Drag the Brightness slider to the left to make the item darker or to the right to make the item lighter. 2. Drag the Contrast slider to the left to decrease the contrast or to the right to increase the contrast. You can also type a number directly into the brightness or contrast setting boxes, or click the up and down arrows next to the box to increase or decrease the setting. 3. Click Reset to return the settings to their original numbers DocuMate 520 Scanner User's Guide 101

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DocuMate 520 Scanner User’s Guide
101
Scanning with the TWAIN Interface from PaperPort
3.
Click
Reset
to return the resolution to its original setting.
The resolution panel also includes an advanced setting for Moire
patterns. Moire patterns are wavy, rippled lines that sometimes
appear on the scanned images of photographs or illustrations,
particularly newspaper and magazine illustrations. To scan the
image and limit or eliminate moire patterns, select the
Reduce
Moire
option. This option is only available from 50 to 300 dpi.
Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast
Sometimes an item is scanned with the brightness and contrast set
to be too light or too dark. For example, a note written with a light
pencil may need to be scanned darker to improve legibility.
The following figure shows the brightness and contrast options.
Contrast is only available for Color and Gray Scale configurations.
To adjust the brightness and contrast:
1.
Drag the
Brightness
slider to the left to make the item darker
or to the right to make the item lighter.
2.
Drag the
Contrast
slider to the left to decrease the contrast or
to the right to increase the contrast.
You can also type a number directly into the brightness or
contrast setting boxes, or click the up and down arrows next to
the box to increase or decrease the setting.
3.
Click
Reset
to return the settings to their original numbers