You can perform scan with simple steps in this mode.

 

Select Source

Display Preview Image

Destination

Output Size

Perform Scan

Toolbar and Preview Area

Select Source

[Photo (Color)]

Select this when you want to scan a photo in color.

[Magazine (Color)]

Select this when you want to scan a magazine in color.

[Newspaper (B&W)]

Select this when you want to scan a document with text and line art in black and white.

[Document (Grayscale)]

Select this when you want to scan a photo or document in gray scale.

The unsharp mask function is enabled if you select an item other than [Newspaper (B&W)]. It sharpens the scanned image.

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Display Preview Image

Click [Preview] to preview the scanning image in the preview area.

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Destination

[Print (300dpi)]

Select this when you want to print the scanned data with a printer.

[Image display (150dpi)]

Select this when you want to display the scanned data on the monitor.

[OCR (300dpi)]

Select this when you want to convert the scanned data into text data with an OCR application, etc.

In the [Simple Mode] tab, 300dpi or 150dpi is only available as the scan resolution. If you want to scan at the resolution other than 300dpi or 150dpi, specify the resolution in [Output Settings] on the [Advanced Mode] tab.

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Output Size

Flexible

You can specify the cropping frame by dragging your mouse in the preview area.
You can also drag the cropping frame to adjust it.

Adjusting Cropping Frame

It scans only the document within the cropping frame if it is displayed.
It scans the document on the full platen if the cropping frame is not displayed.

Paper size (such as Letter and A4)

You can specify this item if you select [Print (300dpi)] in [Destination].
The cropping frame for the selected paper size is displayed on the preview area.

You can enlarge or reduce the cropping frame without changing the vertical-horizontal ratio.
The area within the cropping frame is enlarged or reduced according to the selected paper size, and then scanned.

Monitor size (such as 1024 x 768 pixels)

You can specify this item if you select [Image display (150dpi)] in [Destination].
The cropping frame for the selected monitor size is displayed on the preview area.

You can enlarge or reduce the cropping frame without changing the vertical-horizontal ratio.
The area within the cropping frame is enlarged or reduced according to the selected monitor size, and then scanned.

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Perform Scan

Click [Scan] to start scanning with the settings specified above.

When you press [Scan], the [Save Scan Image] dialog box is displayed if you have started ScanGear from the terminal software.

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Toolbar and Preview Area

[Clear Preview]

Click this button to clear the preview image.

[About]

Click this button to display the version information.

Preview Area

Click [Preview] to display the preview image.
You can specify the scanning area (cropping frame).

Adjusting Cropping Frame

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