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Making copies
Scanning strategies
Document quality is the primary factor that determines how to go through the
scanning process. The table below is a brief summary of how document
quality guides your approach.
Document quality
Solution
Good quality
−
Line
drawings
Select Line as the Original Type.
Use Auto for Background
Suppression.
Make a copy.
Evaluate the printed image. Adjust the
Copy contrast settings, if necessary,
and make another copy.
Good quality
−
(photos), continuous
tone color and
grayscale images
Select Photo as the Original Type.
Make a copy.
Evaluate the printed image. Adjust the
Copy contrast settings, if necessary,
and make another copy.
Mix of Lines/ text and
halftones, error
diffused images, or
continuous tone
documents
Select Mixed as the Original Type.
Make a copy.
Evaluate the printed image. Adjust the
Copy contrast settings, if necessary,
and make another copy.
Document quality
Solution
Bad quality
moderate contrast
between background
and foreground
Select the setting with light background
in the Background Suppression area.
Make another copy.
poor contrast between
background and
foreground
Select the setting with dark background
in the Background Suppression area.
Make another copy.
Off
Auto
Manual
Original
Image Quality
Reduction &
Enlargement
Preset
Type
Mixed
Line
Photo
Background
Suppression
Copy
Auto
