9.0

ABBYY FineReader 9.0 User’s Guide
Taking Into Account Some of the Features of Your Paper
Document
OCR quality greatly depends on the quality of the source image. Consider the following elements to ascertain whether you will get the
scanning results you desire:
● Print Type
Various devices may be used to produce printed documents, and some (i.e. dot matrix printers, typewriters, etc.) are more difficult
to recognize. To maximize results, you need to choose the correct OCR options. This section provides recommendations for
selecting the right print type.
● Print Quality
OCR quality may be greatly impaired by "noise" that sometimes occurs on poor quality documents. This section provides
recommendations for scanning these documents.
● Document Languages
A document may contain text written in multiple languages. For reliable recognition, the program needs to know which languages
are being used. This section provides recommendations for selecting recognition languages.
Print Type
When recognizing draft dot matrix printouts or typewritten texts, OCR quality can sometimes be improved by selecting the right print
type.
For most documents, the program will correctly detect the print type automatically (requires Autodetect to be selected under
Document print type located in Tools>Options…>Document). However, you may also choose to manually select the print type.
An example of typewritten text. All letters are of equal width (compare, for example, "w" and "a").
Select Typewriter for texts of this type.
An example of draft dot matrix text. Character lines are made up of dots. Select Dot matrix
printer for texts of this type.
Note:
● After completing recognition, re–enable the Autodetect option to recognize normal texts.
● When recognizing code printouts, select Read as plain text formatted with spaces under Document print type.
This mode represents left indents as spaces, makes a separate paragraph for every line, and separates the original paragraphs with
empty lines. This will maintain the look of the paper original in the electronic version when saving the results in TXT format.
Print Quality
Poor–quality documents with “noise” (i.e. random black dots or speckles), blurred and uneven letters, or skewed lines and shifted table
borders may require specific scanning settings.
Fax Newspaper
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