XEROX WIDE FORMAT COPY SYSTEM  Document quality • 35 
Scanning strategies 
When scanning documents, always try the default Image Quality 
settings first.  Select the documents type -, line, photo, mixed or color 
and use the Original, Type, Normal, Line, Photo or Color default 
settings for that type. Color is a Scan to Net feature and only available in 
SCAN mode. These settings have been designed to give the optimum 
image quality for most documents. 
If you have a special original type, you may want to try some of the 
advanced image processing features available on the Scanner.  Table 2 
describes the scanning strategies for special original types. 
Table 2. Scanning strategies for special documents 
Type of original  First step to try  Second step to try  Third step to try 
Color photograph  Set Original Type to Photo  Mode Scan: Set Original 
Type to Color and  
Set Original Type to 
Normal and 
Background 
Suppression to Off. 
Color lithograph  Mode COPY: Set Original 
Type to Normal.. 
Mode SCAN: Set Original 
Type to Color. 
Set Original Type to 
Normal and Background 
Suppression to Off 
Set Original Type to 
Photo 
Color map  Mode COPY: Set Original 
Type to Normal.. 
Mode SCAN: Set Original 
Type to Color. 
Set Original Type to 
Normal and Background 
Suppression to Off. 
Set Original Type to 
Photo 
Old blueprint or sepia 
with dark background 
Set Original Type to Line 
and Background 
Suppression to Auto. 
Transform, Invert to ON 
Set Original Type to Line, 
Background Suppression 
to dark original, 
Transform, Invert to ON. 
Adjust the Copy 
contrast as required 
for best image 
quality. 
Old blueprint or sepia 
with dark background 
and side-to-side 
fading 
Set Original Type to Line 
and Background 
Suppression to Auto. 
If fade is still visible in the 
copy, rotate the original 
90 degrees.  Generally, 
feeding the darkest edge 
first provides the best 
results. 
Adjust the Copy 
contrast as required 
for best image 
quality. 
Faded line/text 
drawing 
Set Original Type to Line, 
Background Suppression to 
Auto. 
If fade is still visible in the 
copy, rotate the original 
90 degrees. 
Adjust the Copy 
contrast as required 
for best image 
quality. 
In reduction, use 
Reduction Line 
Preservation..