How to Troubleshoot Quality on a Fujitsu Scansnap
The Fujitsu ScanSnap's Image Quality mode enables you choose how you want to scan documents. When troubleshooting, however, there's a trade off: you must decide if you want to scan as fast as possible or at a higher image quality. The Color Mode setting also helps you enhance the output of your scans. It does this by recognizing if the original document is in color or black-and-white. Improve the image quality by scanning based on your needs, keeping in mind the type of document you want to preserve.
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Instructions
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Connect the ScanSnap scanner to your computer, if it is not already connected.
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Turn on your computer, then turn on the ScanSnap scanner.
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Load the document into the ScanSnap scanner's paper chute.
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Right-click the "S" ScanSnap Manager icon located on the taskbar.
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Select "Settings."
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Select the "Scanning" tab.
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Click the "Image Quality" drop-down arrow.
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Select "Normal" mode for 300 dots per inch, or DPI, black-and-white and 150 DPI color; this is the fastest scan with the lowest image quality. Select "Better" mode for 400 DPI black-and-white and 200 DPI color; this is a faster scan with a higher image quality than Normal mode. Select "Best" mode for 600 DPI black-and-white and 300 DPI color; it is a slower scan with a higher image quality than Better mode. Select "Excellent" mode for 1200 DPI black-and-white and 600 DPI for color; this is the slowest scan with the highest image quality.
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Click the "Color Mode" drop-down arrow.
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Select "Auto Color Detection (Automatically recognize each document color)" mode to set the scanner to automatically switch to the correct scanning color mode after it recognizes black-and-white and color documents; select "Color" mode to scan colored documents; select "B&W" mode to scan black-and-white documents.
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Press "OK."
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Tips & Warnings
Scan documents that contain detailed graphics, very small print or are written in pencil at a higher image quality setting than those documents that contain only large print.
Use the B&W color mode when you scan documents that contain a majority of text. When printing, you'll save color ink without reducing image quality.
Always run a test scan before scanning large batches of a specific type of document so you'll know how it will turn out.
Be aware of the space that a larger quality scan requires. Documents scanned at Best and Excellent Image Quality settings take up more disk space than those scanned at Normal or Better. The B&W Color mode scan setting produces the smallest file size compared to Color and Auto Color Detection.
