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SELECTING THE EXPOSURE
After loading the original, you can adjust the contrast as needed for the darkness and type of the original. After loading
the original in scanner mode, adjust the settings as explained below. The initial exposure setting is AUTO.
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Change the exposure.
1
Touch the EXPOSURE key.
AUTO 8 X11
AUTO
EXPOSURE
STANDARD
RESOLUTION
PROGRAMMED
FILE FORMAT
1
/
2
If the Fax Expansion Kit
(AR-FX5) has been
installed, the SPECIAL
MODES key will appear in
place of the EXPOSURE
key. In this case, press the
SPECIAL MODES key and
then press the EXPOSURE
key.
2
Touch the desired exposure key.
AUTO
DARK
ORIGINAL
LIGHT
ORIGINAL
The selected key is
highlighted.
3
Touch the OK key.
OK
LIGHT
You will return to the initial
screen.
NOTE
When using the document glass to scan pages an original,
the exposure setting can be changed each time you change
pages. When using the automatic document feeder, the
exposure setting cannot be changed once scanning has
begun.
Dark Select this setting if your original consists
Original mostly of dark characters.
Auto
This setting automatically adjusts the ex-
posure for light and dark parts of the origi-
nal.
Light Select this setting if your original consists
Original mostly of faint characters.
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Exposure settings
SCANNING SETTINGS (ORIGINAL SIZE, RESOLUTION, EXPOSURE, AND FILE FORMAT)