Xerox FreeFlow Scanner 665 Customer Software Release Supplement 701P41834 Version 1.
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Table of contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - -1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - -1 Xerox FreeFlow Scanner 665 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - -1 2. Hints and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - -1 Hints and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1. Introduction Overview This Customer Software Release Supplement (CSRS) is issued with the Xerox FreeFlow Scanner 665 to provide customers with information specific to the FreeFlow Scanner 665. NOTE: This CSRS contains only a Hints and Tips section for the FreeFlow Scanner 665. Xerox FreeFlow Scanner 665 The Xerox FreeFlow Scanner 665 is a new Xerox scanner that converts documents in digital format and scans 8.5 x 11 inch black and white single-sided documents at 65 images per minute (ipm) at 600 dpi.
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2. Hints and Tips Hints and Tips The Hints and Tips in this section have been written to support the launch of the Xerox FreeFlow Scanner 665.
HINTS AND TIPS XEROX FREEFLOW SCANNER 665 FreeFlow Scanner 665 Table 2-1 lists Hints and Tips for the FreeFlow Scanner 665. Table 2-1. FreeFlow Scanner 665 Hints and Tips # Feature/Function Hints/Tips 1 Hole Fill Regular use of the “Hole Fill” function in the scanner requires daily cleaning of the paper guide on the automatic document handler (ADH). The paper guide is the long, dark gray, plastic strip on the underside of the ADH, has a pattern of very thin images, and two cutouts for the rollers.
XEROX FREEFLOW SCANNER 665 HINTS AND TIPS Table 2-1. FreeFlow Scanner 665 Hints and Tips # Feature/Function Hints/Tips 5 Fast Preview It is recommended that you leave the PC monitor screen resolution at the default setting when the system is installed (1024 x 768). If the screen resolution is changed from this default, the rulers on the scanner preview window may be covered by the preview image, particularly with smaller, custom sized originals.
HINTS AND TIPS XEROX FREEFLOW SCANNER 665 Table 2-1. FreeFlow Scanner 665 Hints and Tips # Feature/Function Hints/Tips 13 Low resolution scanning of text Scanning text printed in 10pt font or less at resolutions of 100 dpi or less will result in image content that may be difficult to discern. These lowresolution selections are typically used for generating thumbnails. If better readability is desired, resolutions of 200 dpi of higher should be used.
XEROX FREEFLOW SCANNER 665 HINTS AND TIPS Table 2-1. FreeFlow Scanner 665 Hints and Tips # Feature/Function Hints/Tips 20 Scanner driver options in 3rd party applications When using any application other than “DigiPath” to call the scanner driver (i.e., PhotoShop), some GUI selections may not be available and/or may be set to different default settings. These selection and defaults settings will differ from application to application.
HINTS AND TIPS XEROX FREEFLOW SCANNER 665 DocuTech Original Types “DocuTech” Original Type are no longer available with the FreeFlow Scanner 665. DocuTech original types are image quality selections that would optimize the scanner performance such that it produced image quality similar to that which is available on the original DocuTech 135. Table 2-3 defines the settings on the FreeFlow Scanner 665 that can produce image quality similar to what is available on the original DocuTech 135.
XEROX FREEFLOW SCANNER 665 HINTS AND TIPS Table 2-3. FreeFLow 665 Scanner settings DocuTech Mode FreeFlow Scanner 665 “Original Type” Halftone and text Using “IQ Windows”: Set window 1 (Entire page) to: Text and line art Set Window 2 (etc.
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