Scan a color document or photograph

When you scan and perform optical character recognition (OCR) on color documents or photographs, you can optimize scanner settings either for accuracy (when scanning for text recognition) or for maximum resolution (when scanning photographs).

Scan a color document

  1. Position the document on your scanner.
  2. On the File menu, click Scan New Document.
  3. In the Select a preset for scanning list, select Black and white from color page.
  4. Click Scan.

Scan a color photograph

  1. Position the photograph on your scanner.
  2. On the File menu, click Scan New Document.
  3. In the Select a preset for scanning list, select Color.
  4. Click Scan.

Tip

If you are scanning a color photograph containing text on which you want to perform OCR, use the Black and white from color page preset instead. If you regularly scan photographs or artwork, you might want to create your own optimized scanning preset.

Note   By default, OCR is performed automatically when you scan documents. When scanning text-free photographs or artwork, OCR will not interfere with the scanning process, but it does take additional time.

Turn off automatic OCR

  1. On the File menu, click Scan New Document, and then click either Create new preset or Edit selected preset
  2. On the Processing tab, clear the Use OCR to recognize the text of the scanned image check box.