Readiris Pro 12 Getting Started Guide
The purpose of this guide is to get you up to speed with how the program works and how to make it work better for
your purposes. We will show you step by step how to get up and running at fast as possible
Program setup
1.
To begin go to File > Select Source and select the entry marked twain for your
scanner. If this box is empty then you will be unable to scan from Readiris. To
fix, install the latest version of the scanner software. Click on the Scanner button
and find the closest match to your scanner. This step selects the scanner profile.
If there is no match choose
Twain other models.
Note that you can use the
Open button to process already scanned images or PDF files.
2.
Set the paper size and color.
Grayscale or Color
produces better results for
documents that your want to edit or change and makes available the image
adjustment option to improve results that will be discussed later.
3.
ADF
= Automatic Document Feeder. This is the on/off switch. Checked is on,
unchecked is off.
4.
Scan another page after is for flat bed scanners to set a time interval to place
new pages on the glass and have the program continue automatically.
5.
Invert is for situations where the scanner returns a black page with white text
6.
Digital Cameras can be used to process images from that source
7.
Process as 300 DPI is for existing image files that may have scanned at a lower
resolution. 300 is the optimal balance between good scan speed and accuracy.
Increased resolutions may actually degrade results.
8.
Smoothen color images improves the appearance of grayscale and color images
that may be on your document.
Auto Exposure
– Automatically sets brightness
and contrast for the scan. When unchecked
adjustment sliders will appear on the left, if
available for your scanner model.
Invert
– Corrects white text on black background
problem.
Process as 300 DPI
- Overrides scan settings to
force 300 DPI
Smoothen color images
– Improves appearance
of images that are scanned with the text on the
document.
