You can perform scan with simple steps in this mode.

 

[Basic Mode] tab

Select Source

Display Preview Image

Destination

Output Size

Perform Scan

[Preferences...]

[Close]

Toolbar and Preview Area

Select Source

Select the type of document to be scanned from the platen or the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder).

If you want to scan a document by setting the individual page on the platen, select the following:

[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(Grayscale)]

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

[Document(Grayscale)]

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

The descreen function operates when you select [Magazine(Color)].

If you want to set standard-size documents in the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) and scan multiple pages all at once, select the following:

[Document(Color) ADF Simplex]

[Document(Grayscale) ADF Simplex]

 

When you select ADF (Automatic Document Feeder), the [Basic Mode] tab is displayed in the window below.
You will not be able to preview documents, select the output size, or adjust the cropping frame.

 

The documents that can be scanned from the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) in Basic Mode are fixed to the following standard sizes depending on the selected language:

- English (United States): Letter

- Other than English (United States): A4

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Display Preview Image

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

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Destination

[Print]

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

[Image display]

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

[OCR]

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

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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] 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] 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 click [Scan], the [Save Scan Image] dialog is displayed if you have started ScanGear from a terminal software.

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[Preferences...]

Click to display the [Preferences] dialog.

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[Close]

Click to close the ScanGear.

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Toolbar and Preview Area

Preview Area

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

Adjusting Cropping Frame

[Clear Preview]

Click this button to display the confirmation message.
To clear the preview image, click [OK]. To keep the image, click [Cancel].

[About]

Click this button to display the version information.

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