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To start scanning:
Click the 1Scan button or select the Scan item in the File menu. The
Image window containing a “photograph” of the scanned page will
appear in FineReader’s
Main window.
If you wish to scan several pages, click the arrow to the right of the
1Scan button and
select the Scan Multiple Images item
If scanning does not start right away, one of following two dialogs will open:
z The scanner’s
TWAINSource dialog. Check the scanning options and click
the
OK button to start scanning.
z The
Scanner Settings dialog. Check the scanning options and click the
OK button to start scanning.
Tip: To start recognition immediately after the source images are scanned, use the
Scan&Read or Scan&Read Multiple Images option:
Click the arrow to the right of the
Scan&Read button and select
either
Scan&Read or Scan&Read Multiple Images item in the local
menu.
FineReader will scan and read the images. The
Image window displaying a “photograph” of
the scanned page and the
Text window displaying the recognition results will appear in
FineReader’s
Main window. The recognized text may be exported to various external appli
cations and saved in various formats.
Setting scanning parameters
Recognition quality depends greatly on the quality of the scanned image. The image quality
may be improved by altering the main scanning parameters: resolution, scan mode, and
brightness.
The main scanning parameters are:
z Resolution – use 300 dpi resolution for regular texts (font size 10pts. or
greater) and 400600 dpi resolution for texts set in smaller font sizes (9pts.
or less).
z
Scan mode – gray.
Scanning in grayscale mode is best for recognition purposes. If you scan
your images in grayscale, brightness is adjusted automatically.
z
Scan mode – black and white.
Scanning in black and white enables the system to scan at a higher speed,
but at the same time some character information is lost. This may have an
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Chapter 4. Acquiring the Image