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The scanner can work in the following operating modes:

...RGB mode

...graytone mode

...B/W modes

...2D-sharpening, 2D-softening, and 2D-blur

RGB mode

Full 24-bit true color mode for 16.8 million colors. Use the true color mode for precise reproduction of all color shades. This mode creates large files, especially when scanning large formats.

graytone mode

In Graytone mode, the actual graylevel of each pixel is scanned; 256 levels are recognized, corresponding to 1 byte (8 bits) per pixel. This results in graytone files that are 8 times larger than uncompressed files scanned in Line mode at the same resolution; for example, an E-Size drawing scanned in graytone mode at 300 dpi has a file size of 150 MByte, compared with typical 0.4 -1.0 MByte for a compressed file in Line mode.

B/W modes

In these modes, the scanner outputs each scanned pixel as a single bit, either black (1) or white (0), depending on whether its gray level is below or above the threshold.

Both fixed level and 2D-Adaptive thresholding are supported.

The copy modes incorporate Dual 2D-Adaptive processing with different combinations of ADL+ Error Diffusion Halftoning, 2D-Background suppression, 2D-Auto edge enhancement and 2D-Adaptive thresholding. The copy modes are ideal scanning wide format documents that are intended for re-printing. The ADL+ Error Diffusion Halftoning supports visibility of graytones in printed output by adding toned shades of gray in regions between black and white. The copy modes are described in the table below:

Copy Mode

Image Processing

Usage

B/W Copy Normal

ADL+ Error diffusion halftoning

2D-Auto edge enhancement

2D-Adaptive background suppression

Halftone copy to print of all normal originals

B/W Copy Adaptive

ADL+ Error diffusion halftoning

2D-Adaptive thresholding

2D-Adaptive background suppression

Halftone copy to print of Sepia, Blueprint and other originals with heavily distorted foregrounds and backgrounds where the shades making up the image "noise" are close to the shades making up the image's data and hard to differentiate.

B/W Copy Photo

ADL+ Error diffusion halftoning

Halftone copy to print of continuos shades of gray such as in photos.

2D-sharpening, 2D-softening, and 2D-blur

Through your software, you can manually set and control sharpening, softening and blurring filters, giving you rich possibilities for combining effects to obtain perfect enhancement results.

For example, you may have an image with details (such as text or lines) you wish to sharpen. But if the image also contains large concentrated areas of colors or graytones, sharpening will make unwanted noise to appear in the scanned image. By using the sharpen filter together with the blur filter, you can get the sharp edges you need without creating the side effect of unwanted noise. Both filters can be set at different levels for ultimate control of effects.

The B/W Copy Normal scanning mode incorporates 2D-Auto edge enhancement, with automatic, on-the-fly sharpening of your image.

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