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Configuring the Scanner
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Configuring the Scanner
CHANGING A SCANNER
BUTTON'S SETTINGS
You can change the setting of any of the
scanner’s buttons using the
USB Scan-
ner Utility Preferences
dialog box. This
dialog box displays a list of options and
settings for customizing the scanner.
Follow these steps to change a scanner
button’s settings.
1. Click the scanner icon on the Win-
dows taskbar. The
USB Scanner
Utility Preferences
dialog box
appears.
2. Right-click on the name of the scan-
ner button (except
STOP/CANCEL
)
you want to view the properties for.
A dialog box showing
Scanner Set-
tings for
and the name of the button
appear.
3. Click
Edit
to change the button’s set-
tings.
Note:
If you need more information
about each button’s settings, click
Help
.
ADJUSTING SCAN AND
PAGE SETTINGS
If you use a scan configuration that you
define yourself, you can adjust that con-
figuration's scan settings and page set-
tings. For example, if the scanned image
is too dark, you can adjust the bright-
ness of the scan setting.
Note:
You can adjust only the settings
for the configurations that you define
yourself. You cannot change the scan
settings or page settings for any of the
pre-defined scanning configurations.
Follow these steps to adjust scan and
page settings.
1. Hold down any button on the scan-
ner. The
USB Scanner Utility Prefer-
ences
dialog box appears. The
selected tab on the dialog box corre-
sponds to the button you pressed.
You can click the other tabs for the
other buttons.
2. In the
Configuration to Use
list, click
the configuration you want to adjust.
Note:
You cannot edit or change
pre-defined configurations. To make
a change, you must create a new
configuration or copy an existing
one and give it a new name.
3. If you have not defined a configura-
tion yet, click
New
to create a new
one. You can also select one of the
pre-defined configurations then click
Copy
to copy it.
4. Click
Edit
. A dialog box appears.
5. Enter a name for the new configura-
tion.
6. Adjust the desired scanning options.
Mode
— Select
Black/White
to scan
in black and white. For example, let-
ters and memos are usually
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