Scanner Options
The Settings Panel 161
When to Use
Use
3D OCR and AnyPage/HP AccuPage 2
whenever you want the best
possible recognition results. This setting is especially useful when you
scan:
• poor-quality pages
• pages with very small type
• pages with text on colored or shaded backgrounds
When to Use Another Setting
This setting is slower than the other two settings. Select
Manual Brightness
for the fastest results if you scan high-quality documents with crisp black
text on a white background.
3D
OCR adds 150 to 250K per page to the size of the image file. Use the
Auto Brightness
with AnyPage/HP AccuPage 2
or
Manual Brightness
if you
need to save disk space.
Auto Brightness with AnyPage/HP AccuPage 2
Select this to use AnyPage/HP AccuPage 2 technology to get high-quality
scanned images and high recognition accuracy. This option is only
available with supported grayscale scanners.
When to Use
AnyPage/HP AccuPage 2 technology automatically adjusts images to get
the optimum brightness level for each area of text and graphics on a page.
This setting works well for most pages but is especially useful for text on
colored or shaded backgrounds.
When to Use Another Setting
This setting is slower than a manual setting. If you scan high-quality
documents with crisp text on a white background, select
Manual Brightness
for the fastest results.
Manual Brightness
Select this to manually adjust (lighten or darken) the brightness setting for
scanning a page. The setting you choose is applied to the entire page area.
When to Use
Manual Brightness
is the fastest setting if you scan high-quality documents
with crisp text on a white background.
How to Use
To adjust brightness, select the slider box, hold the mouse button down,
and move the square to lighten or darken the setting. Or, click the left or
